Girls' name · since 1972
Karlisa
120 babies named Karlisa in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,121 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 120
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Karlisa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 120 recorded since 1972.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karlisa has been recorded 120 times among girls since 1972, 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 1972 to 1998.
- #25,121 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 120 born since 1972
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karlisa ranks #25,121 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 120 born since 1972, peaking in the 1990s.
- #25,121 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 120
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Karlisa's 120 recorded births place it above 65.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Karlisa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Karlisa's full recorded timeline at 1989, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1972, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Karlisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1998
- Peak year (1993)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Karlisa by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (55 births, 46% of the file).
1990s was Karlisa's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Karlisa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s
1980s
53 births
- 1990s
1990s
55 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 55 births (46% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Karlisa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~26 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1972–1998 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Karlisa 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 August 2026.