Girls' name · since 1988
Jellisa
29 babies named Jellisa in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 29
- total births
- 1988–1993
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 59%
- born in that decade
Jellisa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 29 recorded since 1988.
Social Security Administration records show Jellisa recorded 29 times among girls since 1988, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 1993.
- 29 total births
- 1988–1993 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 59% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jellisa's 29 recorded births place it above 43% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jellisa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jellisa's SSA record in two at 1990 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1989, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1988 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jellisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1993
- Peak year (1988)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Jellisa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Jellisa's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Jellisa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 17 births (59% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1988–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jellisa: Baby Name Since 1988 - 29 Births, Peak 1988." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jellisa. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jellisa draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.