Nelissa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nelissa

The Social Security Administration has registered 169 babies named Nelissa between 1974 and 2013, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nelissa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nelissa performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nelissa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nelissa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nelissa 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 169 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.