Girls' name · since 1923
Lissa
Lissa has 3,979 recorded births since 1923 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1963 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,999 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,423 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,979
- born since 1923
- 1960s
- peak decade
Yes -- Lissa is the #8423 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 3,979 recorded since 1923.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lissa has been recorded 3,979 times among girls since 1923, currently ranked #8423 nationally and more common than 51% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1923 to 2025.
- #2,999 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,423 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,979 born since 1923
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lissa ranks #2,999 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,423 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,979 born since 1923, peaking in the 1960s.
- #2,999 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,423 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,979
- born since 1923
- 1960s
- peak decade
Lissa's 3,979 recorded births place it above 95.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
18 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Lissa compares
3,979 Top 16% higher than 84% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Lissa's all-time total is 11x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lissa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,979 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 122 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lissa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lissa splits its recorded history at 1983: 30% of all births land in the more recent half, 70% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1923 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1963 peak of 122 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1923–2025
- Peak year (1963)
- 122
- Annual births at peak, across 103 years of records
Lissa by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (989 births, 25% of the file).
1960s was Lissa's strongest decade.
989 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Lissa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 8
1930s
8 births
- 1940s 137
1940s
137 births
- 1950s
1950s
761 births
- 1960s
1960s
989 births
- 1970s
1970s
693 births
- 1980s
1980s
597 births
- 1990s
1990s
404 births
- 2000s 180
2000s
180 births
- 2010s 131
2010s
131 births
- 2020s 74
2020s
74 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 989 births (25% of all-time use).
How Lissa compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Lissa's total volume
Lissa by state
Where Lissa concentrates geographically, total births since 1923
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 476 | 12.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 232 | 5.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 229 | 5.8% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 101 | 2.5% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 84 | 2.1% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 63 | 1.6% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 60 | 1.5% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 36 | 0.9% |
476 of 3,979 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Lissa appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Lissa's data
- Lissa's decade-level peak was the 1960s (989 total births); usage has since declined to 74 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Lissas (476 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lissa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1963)
Similar record span (~102 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, 1923–2025 (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 Lissa 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.