Malisa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Malisa

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,340 babies named Malisa between 1885 and 2021, spanning 137 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Malisa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 104 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Malisa performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 866 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Malisa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 224 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Malisa in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Malisa 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 2,340 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.