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

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Peak · girls
1969 · 1,108 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
34,705
since 1945

Alisa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Alisa has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201984peak #261, 1969girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#1,652125—
2024#1,441153—
2023#1,377163—
2022#1,362171—
2021#1,236190—
2020#1,227186—
2019#1,158207—
2018#1,039248—
2017#990262—
2016#1,022259—
2015#1,034258—
2014#944286—
2013#1,046236—
2012#972261—
2011#1,012247—
2010#931278—
2009#938285—
2008#872320—
2007#868321—
2006#887300—
2005#752356—
2004#701382—
2003#699374—
2002#630404—
2001#656384—
2000#611415—
1999#590415—
1998#580418—
1997#592387—
1996#562415—
1995#557419—
1994#543449—
1993#571417—
1992#513465—
1991#481507—
1990#459533—
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1982#428512—
1981#396570—
1980#374621—
1979#313762#4,8427
1978#370575—
1977#346641—
1976#357587—
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1974#331667—
1973#299787—
1972#310775#4,9865
1971#2711,063#4,9075
1970#2651,153—
1969#2611,108—
1968#271999—
1967#278921—
1966#291862—
1965#288924—
1964#333820—
1963#303934#4,0485
1962#364667—
1961#391602—
1960#395584—
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1957#599264—
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1952#1,21661—
1951#1,92126—
1950#2,53516—
1949#2,85013—
1948#3,8838—
1947#3,7069—
1946#3,6658—
1945#4,0256—
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First appearance
1945

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 1984

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Alisa, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Alisa, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Alisa, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Alisa, so not publishedNHWashington: #235 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,343 girlsWAIdaho: #185 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 869 girlsIDMontana: #207 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 937 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alisa, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #345 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,868 girlsMNIllinois: #464 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 3,458 girlsILWisconsin: #319 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,553 girlsWIMichigan: #401 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 3,315 girlsMINew York: #475 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 3,367 girlsNYMassachusetts: #599 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,699 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Alisa, so not publishedRIOregon: #287 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,739 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Alisa, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Alisa, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alisa, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Alisa, so not publishedIAIndiana: #506 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,757 girlsINOhio: #349 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 2,767 girlsOHPennsylvania: #400 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 3,240 girlsPANew Jersey: #427 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,261 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Alisa, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #358 for girls · 91 births · 1 in 2,116 girlsCAUtah: #206 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 995 girlsUTColorado: #348 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,164 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Alisa, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Alisa, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Alisa, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Alisa, so not publishedWVVirginia: #348 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,614 girlsVAMaryland: #383 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,861 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Alisa, so not publishedDEArizona: #429 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,638 girlsAZNew Mexico: #398 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,963 girlsNMKansas: #240 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,389 girlsKSArkansas: #335 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,129 girlsARTennessee: #518 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,573 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #414 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,409 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Alisa, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Alisa, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Alisa, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #430 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,795 girlsLAMississippi: #477 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,009 girlsMSAlabama: #490 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,590 girlsALGeorgia: #565 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,462 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Alisa, so not publishedHITexas: #450 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 3,105 girlsTXFlorida: #615 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,139 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Idaho#185 · 1 in 869
  2. Utah#206 · 1 in 995
  3. Montana#207 · 1 in 937
  4. Washington#235 · 1 in 1,343
  5. Kansas#240 · 1 in 1,389

Best ever in a state: #117 in District of Columbia, 1970.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#18571 in 869
Utah#206151 in 995
Montana#20751 in 937
Washington#235201 in 1,343
Kansas#240111 in 1,389
Oregon#28791 in 1,739
Wisconsin#319121 in 2,553
Arkansas#33561 in 2,129
Minnesota#345101 in 2,868
Colorado#348101 in 2,164
Virginia#348121 in 2,614
Ohio#349251 in 2,767
California#358911 in 2,116
Maryland#38381 in 2,861
New Mexico#39851 in 1,963
Pennsylvania#400211 in 3,240
Michigan#401171 in 3,315
North Carolina#414101 in 3,409
New Jersey#427121 in 3,261
Arizona#42981 in 2,638
Louisiana#430111 in 2,795
Texas#450421 in 3,105
Illinois#464211 in 3,458
New York#475311 in 3,367
Mississippi#47751 in 3,009
Alabama#49061 in 3,590
Indiana#50671 in 4,757
Tennessee#51861 in 4,573
Georgia#56581 in 4,462
Massachusetts#59951 in 6,699
Florida#615121 in 5,139
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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
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1945
  • Peaked 1969 at #261 (1,108 births)
  • Births halved by 1982, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 61 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 61 yrs · run 1953–2010
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,516
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 24.3% of all girls named Alisa (8,421) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s44#2,850 (1949)#3,626
1950s1,941#431 (1959)#1,022
1960s8,421#261 (1969)#318
1970s7,586#265 (1970)#322
1980s5,217#374 (1980)#429
1990s4,425#459 (1990)#545
2000s3,541#611 (2000)#761
2010s2,542#931 (2010)#1,015
2020s988#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 1984

girls
#416
510 births · 1 in 3,302 girls

Top girls' names in 1984

  1. #1Jennifer50,564
  2. #2Jessica45,857
  3. #3Ashley38,773
  4. #4Amanda33,915
  5. #5Sarah25,887
  6. #6Stephanie23,025
  7. #7Nicole22,270
  8. #8Melissa21,896
  9. #9Heather21,489
  10. #10Elizabeth20,360
  11. #416Alisa510
More about 1984

girls

1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 3,302 of them was named Alisa, which outranked 96.6% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alisa
  1. #413Judy514
  2. #413Meaghan514
  3. #415Joanne511
  4. #416Alisa510
  5. #416Devon510
  6. #418Marilyn509
  7. #419Celeste508
  8. #419Lara508

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. ↑ 8,259Santana#9,015 → #756
  2. ↑ 2,419Tasia#3,151 → #732
  3. ↑ 2,198Teela#3,065 → #867
  4. ↑ 1,074Grisel#1,858 → #784
  5. ↑ 894Kaylee#1,715 → #821
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,856Dwan#874 → #2,730
  2. ↓ 720Toccara#937 → #1,657
  3. ↓ 713Kaleena#547 → #1,260
  4. ↓ 303Karie#1,000 → #1,303
  5. ↓ 300Karyn#820 → #1,120

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1984 →