Olisa — girls' name
56 babies named Olisa in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Olisa was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Olisa in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Olisa
The Social Security Administration has registered 56 babies named Olisa between 1969 and 2016, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Olisa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Olisa performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Olisa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Olisa 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 56 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.
Olisa at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Olisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1969
- Peak year (1979)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
56 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 11 births in a single year.
Olisa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 22 births that decade — 39% of Olisa's all-time total
Olisa decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Olisa's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1969–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.