Girls' name · since 1969
Olisa
Olisa has 56 recorded births since 1969 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #33,745 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 56
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
Olisa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 56 recorded since 1969.
Olisa has 56 recorded births among girls since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 2016.
- #33,745 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 56 born since 1969
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Olisa ranks #33,745 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 56 born since 1969, peaking in the 1970s.
- #33,745 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 56
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
Olisa's 56 recorded births place it above 53.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Olisa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Olisa splits its recorded history at 1980: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Olisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2016
- Peak year (1979)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Olisa by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (22 births, 39% of the file).
1970s was Olisa's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Olisa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
22 births
- 1980s
1980s
18 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 22 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Olisa's decade-level peak was the 1970s (22 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Olisa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1969–2016 (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 Olisa 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.