Girls' name · since 1992
Jelyssa
21 babies named Jelyssa in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 21
- total births
- 1992–2013
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 48%
- born in that decade
21 girls have been named Jelyssa since 1992, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jelyssa has been recorded 21 times among girls since 1992, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2013.
- 21 total births
- 1992–2013 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 48% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jelyssa's 21 recorded births place it above 37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jelyssa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jelyssa splits its recorded history at 2010: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1992 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jelyssa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2013
- Peak year (2009)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Jelyssa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Jelyssa's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Jelyssa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 10 births (48% 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, 1992–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jelyssa: Baby Name Since 1992 - 21 Births, Peak 2009." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jelyssa. 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 Jelyssa 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.