Kalissa — #8070 US girls' name
1,088 babies named Kalissa in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 54% of names given to girls today.
48% of everyone ever named Kalissa was born in this single decade.
79 babies were named Kalissa in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kalissa
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,088 babies named Kalissa between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kalissa currently holds the #8070 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 79 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kalissa performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 518 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kalissa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 106 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Kalissa in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kalissa in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,088 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Kalissa at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kalissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1976
- Peak year (2007)
- 79
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
Currently ranks #8070 among girls.
1,088 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 79 births in a single year.
Kalissa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 518 births that decade — 48% of Kalissa's all-time total
Kalissa decade highlights
- Peak decade 518 births
- Runner-up 290 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kalissa's strongest decade
518 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Kalissa by state
Where Kalissa concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 106 | 9.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 72 | 6.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #6 | New York | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.5% |
106 of 1,088 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.7% of nationwide
- Texas 6.6% of nationwide
- Florida 0.5% of nationwide
- Georgia 0.5% of nationwide
- Indiana 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1976–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.