Girls' name · since 1988
Jerlisa
116 babies named Jerlisa in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 116
- total births
- 1988–1997
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 68%
- born in that decade
Jerlisa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 116 recorded since 1988.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jerlisa has been recorded 116 times among girls since 1988, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 1997.
- 116 total births
- 1988–1997 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 68% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jerlisa's 116 recorded births place it above 65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jerlisa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jerlisa's SSA record in two at 1992 and the more recent half accounts for 41% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 59%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1989 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jerlisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1997
- Peak year (1989)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Jerlisa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Jerlisa's strongest decade.
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Jerlisa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
37 births
- 1990s
1990s
79 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 79 births (68% 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, 1988–1997 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jerlisa: Baby Name Since 1988 - 116 Births, Peak 1989." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jerlisa. 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 Jerlisa 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.