Jalisa

Where Jalisa comes from

ja- (possibly from Jane) + -lisa (possibly form Lisa; diminutive of Elizabeth), styled similar to names like Alyssa or Melissa; predominantly an African American name in the United States during the latter half of the 20th century.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jalisa
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1980
    First appearance
    #9,095 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1989
    Peak, #418
    592 babies named Jalisa — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1994
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #775.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes

No widely known Jalisa turns up in the encyclopedias yet — the name is still all theirs to make famous.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.