Marlisa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Marlisa

The Social Security Administration has registered 796 babies named Marlisa between 1957 and 2021, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marlisa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marlisa performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 197 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Marlisa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 25 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Marlisa in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marlisa 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 796 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.