Girls' name · since 1990
Kelisa
Since 1990, U.S. Social Security records show 25 babies named Kelisa, peaking in 2006. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 25
- total births
- 1990–2007
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 80%
- born in that decade
Kelisa is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 25 have been recorded since 1990.
Social Security Administration records show Kelisa recorded 25 times among girls since 1990, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2007.
- 25 total births
- 1990–2007 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 80% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kelisa's 25 recorded births place it above 40% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kelisa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kelisa's full recorded timeline at 2006, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kelisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2007
- Peak year (2006)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2007.
25 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 7 births in a single year.
Kelisa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Kelisa's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 80% of all-time use.
Kelisa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 20 births (80% of all-time use).
Kelisa decade highlights
- Peak decade 20 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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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, 1990–2007 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kelisa: Baby Name Since 1990 - 25 Births, Peak 2006." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kelisa. 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 Kelisa 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.
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