Lissa — #7621 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Lissa

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,966 babies named Lissa between 1923 and 2024, spanning 102 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lissa currently holds the #7621 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 122 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lissa performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 989 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Lissa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 476 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Lissa in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lissa 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 3,966 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.