Jerlisa
Jerlisa was last recorded in 1997, when 5 babies were given it; 116 Americans have been recorded with it between 1988 and 1997 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jerlisa by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Jerlisa?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #14,732, in 1997; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
21 babies in 1989, the peak
Jerlisa peaked in 1989, when 21 girls were given it, #4,410 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 5 | #14,732 | 2.9 |
| 1995 | 6 | #12,416 | 3.4 |
| 1994 | 15 | #6,124 | 8.4 |
| 1993 | 9 | #9,048 | 5.0 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,225 | 6.5 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,379 | 7.5 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,148 | 9.5 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,410 | 11.4 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,141 | 9.0 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Jerlisa a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Jerlisa has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 9 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Jerlisa: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jerlisa, and how old are they?
An estimated 113 Americans named Jerlisa and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (98% of everyone recorded); the median is 35 years old and half are between 33 and 37. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 115 people named Jerlisa (113 women and girls, 2 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 114 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% above that prediction.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Jerlisa
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.