Girls' name · since 1974
Yulissa
4,151 babies named Yulissa in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,913 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,265 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,151
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yulissa currently ranks #3265 among girls' names in America, with 4,151 babies recorded since 1974.
Yulissa has 4,151 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3265 as of the latest data, more common than 81% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2025.
- #2,913 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,265 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,151 born since 1974
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yulissa ranks #2,913 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,265 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,151 born since 1974, peaking in the 2000s.
- #2,913 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,265 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,151
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yulissa's 4,151 recorded births place it above 95.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
21 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Yulissa compares
4,151 Top 15% higher than 85% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Yulissa's all-time total is 11x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yulissa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,151 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 612 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yulissa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yulissa's full recorded timeline at 2005, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1974, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 612 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yulissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 612
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Yulissa by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,643 births, 40% of the file).
2000s was Yulissa's strongest decade.
1,643 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Yulissa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 29
1980s
29 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,061 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,643 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,033 births
- 2020s 375
2020s
375 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,643 births (40% of all-time use).
How Yulissa compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Yulissa's total volume
Yulissa by state
Where Yulissa concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,096 | 26.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 995 | 24.0% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 251 | 6.0% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 196 | 4.7% |
| #5 | Florida | | 138 | 3.3% |
| #6 | New York | | 63 | 1.5% |
| #7 | Washington | | 55 | 1.3% |
| #8 | Colorado | | 45 | 1.1% |
1,096 of 4,151 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 21 reporting states.
Yulissa appears in 21 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Yulissa's data
- Yulissa's decade-level peak was the 2000s (1,643 total births); usage has since declined to 375 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Yulissas (1,096 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Yulissa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1974–2025 (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 Yulissa 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.