Jelissa
- #14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · girls
- 1988 · 57 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 938since 1980
Jelissa over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Jelissa has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 |
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 |
| 2014 | #6,713 | 18 |
| 2013 | #6,017 | 21 |
| 2012 | #6,576 | 19 |
| 2011 | #5,543 | 24 |
| 2010 | #5,247 | 26 |
| 2009 | #5,226 | 27 |
| 2008 | #5,955 | 23 |
| 2007 | #5,230 | 27 |
| 2006 | #5,906 | 22 |
| 2005 | #5,266 | 24 |
| 2004 | #5,555 | 22 |
| 2003 | #6,576 | 17 |
| 2002 | #6,129 | 18 |
| 2001 | #4,209 | 29 |
| 2000 | #4,649 | 25 |
| 1999 | #5,661 | 18 |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 |
| 1997 | #4,239 | 25 |
| 1996 | #3,723 | 29 |
| 1995 | #3,285 | 34 |
| 1994 | #2,935 | 40 |
| 1993 | #3,877 | 27 |
| 1992 | #2,105 | 64 |
| 1991 | #2,242 | 58 |
| 1990 | #2,600 | 45 |
| 1989 | #2,119 | 58 |
| 1988 | #2,051 | 57 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 |
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| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 |
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First appearance
1980
The first year at least five girls were named Jelissa! It came in at #5,912, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1981–1985, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Jelissa is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Jelissa in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Jelissa
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 146 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #14,942)
- 4,794 spots since 2015 (#10,148 → #14,942)
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1980
- Peaked 1988 at #2,051 (57 births)
- Births halved by 1993, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 28,811
- Highest: 1 in 28,811 girls born in 1992 were named Jelissa (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,051 in 1988, was only 1 in 31,243 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 37.8% of all girls named Jelissa (355) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 152 | #2,051 (1988) | #5,721 |
| 1990s | 355 | #2,105 (1992) | #3,703 |
| 2000s | 234 | #4,209 (2001) | #5,470 |
| 2010s | 158 | #5,247 (2010) | #8,141 |
| 2020s | 39 | #9,056 (2022) | #11,970 |
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.
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