Malisa
- Last seen for girls in 2021 at #13,464
- Peak · girls
- 1885 · 6 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,340since 1885
Malisa over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Malisa has never cracked the top 900 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 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 |
| 1997 | #6,163 | 15 |
| 1996 | #4,184 | 25 |
| 1995 | #4,348 | 23 |
| 1994 | #3,098 | 37 |
| 1993 | #3,422 | 32 |
| 1992 | #2,777 | 43 |
| 1991 | #2,356 | 54 |
| 1990 | #2,600 | 45 |
| 1989 | #2,478 | 46 |
| 1988 | #1,911 | 64 |
| 1987 | #1,944 | 58 |
| 1986 | #2,116 | 50 |
| 1985 | #2,545 | 38 |
| 1984 | #2,149 | 46 |
| 1983 | #2,047 | 49 |
| 1982 | #2,288 | 43 |
| 1981 | #2,158 | 47 |
| 1980 | #1,624 | 71 |
| 1979 | #1,461 | 82 |
| 1978 | #1,314 | 91 |
| 1977 | #1,576 | 68 |
| 1976 | #1,297 | 84 |
| 1975 | #1,269 | 88 |
| 1974 | #1,351 | 77 |
| 1973 | #1,095 | 104 |
| 1972 | #1,155 | 94 |
| 1971 | #1,211 | 93 |
| 1970 | #1,278 | 85 |
| 1969 | #1,259 | 79 |
| 1968 | #1,244 | 77 |
| 1967 | #1,324 | 68 |
| 1966 | #1,320 | 67 |
| 1965 | #1,463 | 57 |
| 1964 | #2,246 | 29 |
| 1963 | #2,252 | 28 |
| 1962 | #2,814 | 19 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 |
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| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 |
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| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 |
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| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 |
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| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 |
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| 1885 | #921 | 6 |
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First appearance
1885
The first year at least five girls were named Malisa! It came in at #921, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1954, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Malisa is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Malisa in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1885 at #921 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1885
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,021
- Highest: 1 in 14,021 girls born in 1973 were named Malisa (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 273,477 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #921 in 1885, was only 1 in 22,176 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 37.0% of all girls named Malisa (866) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #921 (1885) | #1,100 |
| 1890s | 10 | #1,338 (1890) | #1,394 |
| 1900s | 5 | #2,101 (1908) | #2,101 |
| 1910s | 0 | — | — |
| 1920s | 0 | — | — |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 36 | #3,232 (1958) | #4,462 |
| 1960s | 452 | #1,244 (1968) | #2,090 |
| 1970s | 866 | #1,095 (1973) | #1,301 |
| 1980s | 512 | #1,624 (1980) | #2,126 |
| 1990s | 303 | #2,356 (1991) | #4,246 |
| 2000s | 105 | #6,956 (2001) | #10,164 |
| 2010s | 34 | #11,969 (2013) | #13,543 |
| 2020s | 6 | #13,464 (2021) | #13,464 |
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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