Telisa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Telisa

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,097 babies named Telisa between 1956 and 2007, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Telisa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 47 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Telisa performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 335 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Telisa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 26 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Telisa in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Telisa 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 1,097 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.