Alisa
Alisa is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 152 births. Its best rank was 261st, in 1969.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1520.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 19701,153 births
- Best rank
- #261in 1969
- Since 1945
- 34,578people given the name
The story in the numbers
34,578 girls have been named Alisa in the United States since 1945, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1970, with 1,153 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1979, and the 1960s alone account for 24%. It has spent 61 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Alisa | |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 44 | |
| 1950s | 1,941 | |
| 1960s | 8,421 | |
| 1970s | 7,586 | |
| 1980s | 5,217 | |
| 1990s | 4,425 | |
| 2000s | 3,541 | |
| 2010s | 2,542 | |
| 2020s | 861 |
In 1970, its biggest year
Alisa was the 265th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1970 were Jennifer, Lisa, Kimberly, Michelle and Amy. See all of 1970.
Names that rose and fell with Alisa
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mishellepeak 1969
- Tuesdaypeak 1966
- Evettepeak 1967
- Jinapeak 1970
- Brigettepeak 1968
- Loriannepeak 1963
- Deeannapeak 1969
- Melonypeak 1974
Other spellings in the data
- Alyssa313,912 ever
- Alisha56,811 ever
- Alissa38,490 ever
- Alysha9,557 ever
- Alysa7,041 ever
- Allyssa6,670 ever
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.