Girls' name · since 1968
Mallisa
100 babies named Mallisa in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,137 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 100
- born since 1968
- 1980s
- peak decade
100 girls have been named Mallisa since 1968, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Mallisa has 100 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 1993.
- #27,137 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 100 born since 1968
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mallisa ranks #27,137 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 100 born since 1968, peaking in the 1980s.
- #27,137 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 100
- born since 1968
- 1980s
- peak decade
Mallisa's 100 recorded births place it above 62.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mallisa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mallisa's full recorded timeline at 1982, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1982 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mallisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–1993
- Peak year (1982)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Mallisa by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (59 births, 59% of the file).
1980s was Mallisa's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Mallisa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 13
1960s
13 births
- 1970s 23
1970s
23 births
- 1980s
1980s
59 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 59 births (59% of all-time use).
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What to do with Mallisa's data
- Mallisa's decade-level peak was the 1980s (59 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Mallisa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1968–1993 (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 Mallisa 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.