Alisa
#1,652 for girls in 2025, 125 births · Last seen for boys in 1979 at #4,842
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1969 · 1,108 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 34,705since 1945
Alisa over time
Rank among girls' names. Alisa has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,652 | 125 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,441 | 153 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,377 | 163 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,362 | 171 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,236 | 190 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,227 | 186 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,158 | 207 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,039 | 248 | — | |
| 2017 | #990 | 262 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,022 | 259 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,034 | 258 | — | |
| 2014 | #944 | 286 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,046 | 236 | — | |
| 2012 | #972 | 261 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,012 | 247 | — | |
| 2010 | #931 | 278 | — | |
| 2009 | #938 | 285 | — | |
| 2008 | #872 | 320 | — | |
| 2007 | #868 | 321 | — | |
| 2006 | #887 | 300 | — | |
| 2005 | #752 | 356 | — | |
| 2004 | #701 | 382 | — | |
| 2003 | #699 | 374 | — | |
| 2002 | #630 | 404 | — | |
| 2001 | #656 | 384 | — | |
| 2000 | #611 | 415 | — | |
| 1999 | #590 | 415 | — | |
| 1998 | #580 | 418 | — | |
| 1997 | #592 | 387 | — | |
| 1996 | #562 | 415 | — | |
| 1995 | #557 | 419 | — | |
| 1994 | #543 | 449 | — | |
| 1993 | #571 | 417 | — | |
| 1992 | #513 | 465 | — | |
| 1991 | #481 | 507 | — | |
| 1990 | #459 | 533 | — | |
| 1989 | #451 | 538 | — | |
| 1988 | #458 | 489 | — | |
| 1987 | #451 | 490 | — | |
| 1986 | #443 | 487 | — | |
| 1985 | #445 | 492 | — | |
| 1984 | #416 | 510 | — | |
| 1983 | #426 | 508 | — | |
| 1982 | #428 | 512 | — | |
| 1981 | #396 | 570 | — | |
| 1980 | #374 | 621 | — | |
| 1979 | #313 | 762 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #370 | 575 | — | |
| 1977 | #346 | 641 | — | |
| 1976 | #357 | 587 | — | |
| 1975 | #361 | 576 | — | |
| 1974 | #331 | 667 | — | |
| 1973 | #299 | 787 | — | |
| 1972 | #310 | 775 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #271 | 1,063 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #265 | 1,153 | — | |
| 1969 | #261 | 1,108 | — | |
| 1968 | #271 | 999 | — | |
| 1967 | #278 | 921 | — | |
| 1966 | #291 | 862 | — | |
| 1965 | #288 | 924 | — | |
| 1964 | #333 | 820 | — | |
| 1963 | #303 | 934 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #364 | 667 | — | |
| 1961 | #391 | 602 | — | |
| 1960 | #395 | 584 | — | |
| 1959 | #431 | 491 | — | |
| 1958 | #462 | 419 | — | |
| 1957 | #599 | 264 | — | |
| 1956 | #613 | 243 | — | |
| 1955 | #688 | 185 | — | |
| 1954 | #802 | 137 | — | |
| 1953 | #948 | 99 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,216 | 61 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,921 | 26 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | — | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Alisa! It came in at #4,025, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1945–1948, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.
Where Alisa is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Utah#136 · 1 in 527
- District of Columbia#182 · 1 in 741
- Colorado#191 · 1 in 874
- Oregon#219 · 1 in 1,053
- Arizona#226 · 1 in 965
Best ever in a state: #117 in District of Columbia, 1970.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #136 | 20 | 1 in 527 |
| District of Columbia | #182 | 10 | 1 in 741 |
| Colorado | #191 | 18 | 1 in 874 |
| Oregon | #219 | 12 | 1 in 1,053 |
| Arizona | #226 | 15 | 1 in 965 |
| Arkansas | #243 | 11 | 1 in 1,190 |
| Alabama | #244 | 18 | 1 in 1,341 |
| California | #249 | 110 | 1 in 1,246 |
| Virginia | #255 | 21 | 1 in 1,410 |
| Louisiana | #264 | 21 | 1 in 1,263 |
| North Carolina | #265 | 24 | 1 in 1,529 |
| Ohio | #275 | 44 | 1 in 1,692 |
| Kentucky | #278 | 15 | 1 in 1,584 |
| Michigan | #282 | 36 | 1 in 1,719 |
| Georgia | #287 | 23 | 1 in 1,564 |
| Connecticut | #292 | 9 | 1 in 1,758 |
| New York | #292 | 67 | 1 in 1,654 |
| Oklahoma | #294 | 10 | 1 in 1,630 |
| Missouri | #295 | 18 | 1 in 1,738 |
| Nebraska | #305 | 5 | 1 in 1,870 |
| Tennessee | #312 | 14 | 1 in 2,022 |
| Washington | #314 | 10 | 1 in 1,919 |
| Massachusetts | #315 | 15 | 1 in 2,282 |
| Maryland | #323 | 10 | 1 in 2,058 |
| Illinois | #330 | 37 | 1 in 2,016 |
| New Jersey | #334 | 19 | 1 in 2,144 |
| West Virginia | #340 | 5 | 1 in 2,438 |
| Wisconsin | #353 | 9 | 1 in 3,056 |
| Pennsylvania | #355 | 28 | 1 in 2,575 |
| Iowa | #356 | 6 | 1 in 2,905 |
| Minnesota | #357 | 8 | 1 in 3,008 |
| Indiana | #367 | 13 | 1 in 2,849 |
| Florida | #376 | 19 | 1 in 2,341 |
| Mississippi | #397 | 7 | 1 in 2,476 |
| Texas | #415 | 40 | 1 in 2,409 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Alisa
- 211 spots since 2024 (#1,441 → #1,652)
- 425 spots since 2020 (#1,227 → #1,652)
- 618 spots since 2015 (#1,034 → #1,652)
- Biggest jump: 268 spots in 1953 (#1,216 → #948)
- Biggest drop: 135 spots in 2006 (#752 → #887)
- Debuted 1945
- Peaked 1969 at #261 (1,108 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 61 yrs · run 1953–2010
- Highest: 1 in 1,516 girls born in 1970 were named Alisa (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 12,858 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #261 in 1969, was only 1 in 1,523 (0.07%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 24.3% of all girls named Alisa (8,421) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 44 | #2,850 (1949) | #3,626 |
| 1950s | 1,941 | #431 (1959) | #1,022 |
| 1960s | 8,421 | #261 (1969) | #318 |
| 1970s | 7,586 | #265 (1970) | #322 |
| 1980s | 5,217 | #374 (1980) | #429 |
| 1990s | 4,425 | #459 (1990) | #545 |
| 2000s | 3,541 | #611 (2000) | #761 |
| 2010s | 2,542 | #931 (2010) | #1,015 |
| 2020s | 988 | #1,227 (2020) | #1,383 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Alisa in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 1,963 of them was named Alisa, which outranked 96.8% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 324,322 of them was named Alisa, which outranked 13.3% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 765 names at #4,986; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.