Girls' name · since 1989

Joelisa

36 babies named Joelisa in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

36
total births
1989–1995
years on record
1990s
peak decade
83%
born in that decade

Joelisa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 36 recorded since 1989.

Joelisa has 36 recorded births among girls since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 1995.

  • 36 total births
  • 1989–1995 years on record
  • 1990s peak decade
  • 83% born in that decade

Data updated Jul 2026

Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Joelisa's 36 recorded births place it above 46% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Joelisa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Joelisa splits its recorded history at 1992: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1992 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Joelisa popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1995

Last recorded 1995
Peak year (1990)
13
Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
468101214 19891990199219931995 6

Joelisa by decade

Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance

1990s was Joelisa's strongest decade.

30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 83% of all-time use.

Joelisa births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1990s at 30 births (83% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of July 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Joelisa?
36 babies have been named Joelisa since 1989. It was last recorded in 1995. The peak year was 1990 with 13 births.
When was Joelisa most popular?
Joelisa was most popular in the 1990s decade with 30 total births. The single peak year was 1990.
How long has the name Joelisa been used?
The SSA has tracked Joelisa since 1989 -- 7 years through the most recent 1995 data.
What names are similar to Joelisa?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Joelle, Joe, Joey, Joellen, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1989–1995 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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NameAlmanac. "Joelisa: Baby Name Since 1989 - 36 Births, Peak 1990." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/joelisa. 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 Joelisa 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.