Salisa — girls' name
116 babies named Salisa in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Salisa was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Salisa in 1972 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Salisa
The Social Security Administration has registered 116 babies named Salisa between 1966 and 2002, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Salisa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Salisa performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 37 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Salisa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Salisa 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 116 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.
Salisa at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Salisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1966
- Peak year (1972)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
116 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1972 with 13 births in a single year.
Salisa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 37 births that decade — 32% of Salisa's all-time total
Salisa decade highlights
- Peak decade 37 births
- Runner-up 29 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Salisa's strongest decade
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% 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, 1966–2002 (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.