Jelisa
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293
- Peak · girls
- 1989 · 145 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,098since 1980
Jelisa over time
Rank among girls' names. Jelisa has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 |
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| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 |
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| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 |
| 2003 | #7,207 | 15 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 |
| 1999 | #5,219 | 20 |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 |
| 1997 | #4,660 | 22 |
| 1996 | #4,453 | 23 |
| 1995 | #2,880 | 41 |
| 1994 | #2,988 | 39 |
| 1993 | #1,830 | 79 |
| 1992 | #1,507 | 104 |
| 1991 | #1,352 | 121 |
| 1990 | #1,229 | 136 |
| 1989 | #1,137 | 145 |
| 1988 | #1,147 | 133 |
| 1987 | #4,660 | 17 |
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| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 |
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| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Jelisa! It came in at #10,392, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1980–1983, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Jelisa is popular in 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#319 · 1 in 1,712
- Alabama#343 · 1 in 2,061
- South Carolina#457 · 1 in 3,300
- Connecticut#475 · 1 in 3,824
- Tennessee#478 · 1 in 3,723
Best ever in a state: #279 in Mississippi, 1993.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #319 | 8 | 1 in 1,712 |
| Alabama | #343 | 11 | 1 in 2,061 |
| South Carolina | #457 | 6 | 1 in 3,300 |
| Connecticut | #475 | 5 | 1 in 3,824 |
| Tennessee | #478 | 8 | 1 in 3,723 |
| Georgia | #545 | 10 | 1 in 4,184 |
| North Carolina | #600 | 8 | 1 in 5,086 |
| Illinois | #691 | 13 | 1 in 5,946 |
| Texas | #1,031 | 14 | 1 in 9,527 |
| Ohio | #1,101 | 5 | 1 in 13,970 |
| New York | #1,166 | 10 | 1 in 11,879 |
| Florida | #1,365 | 5 | 1 in 15,405 |
| California | #3,040 | 5 | 1 in 48,797 |
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See more about Jelisa
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Debuted 1980
- Peaked 1989 at #1,137 (145 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 12,714 girls born in 1989 were named Jelisa (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 324,038 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 54.8% of all girls named Jelisa (602) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 312 | #1,137 (1989) | #6,028 |
| 1990s | 602 | #1,229 (1990) | #3,192 |
| 2000s | 132 | #6,208 (2000) | #8,546 |
| 2010s | 38 | #10,429 (2012) | #12,896 |
| 2020s | 14 | #10,312 (2023) | #12,803 |
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.
Jelisa in 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
More about 1989
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1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 12,714 of them was named Jelisa, which outranked 92.2% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,132Giovanna146
- #1,132Kailee146
- #1,132Natosha146
- #1,137Jelisa145
- #1,137Brielle145
- #1,137Carli145
- #1,137Corrie145
- #1,145Bernice144
- #1,145Danelle144
- #1,145Gabriell144
Tied with 7 names at #1,137; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.