Alisa
Girl · a-LEE-sa · Germanic
Alisa is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble kind”. In 2025 it ranked 812th for girls in the UK (48 babies) and 1,652nd for girls in the US (125 babies).
What does Alisa mean?
Germanic: Russian form of Alice
“noble kind”
The Russian and Slavic form of Alice, ultimately from the Germanic name Adalheidis.
- Say it
- a-LEE-sa
More on Wiktionary.
Is Alisa a girl's or a boy's name?
Alisa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 48 girls in the UK and 125 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alisa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #812among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 48about 1 in 5,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 48 girls in the UK were named Alisa, making it the 812th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 707th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 82 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Alisa than any year since 2010.
Half of all the girls named Alisa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 763rd in England and Wales.
Alisa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | #812 |
| 2024 | 53 | #771 |
| 2023 | 65 | #623 |
| 2022 | 58 | #697 |
| 2021 | 72 | #593 |
| 2020 | 57 | #707 |
| 2019 | 78 | #567 |
| 2018 | 72 | #627 |
| 2017 | 71 | #646 |
| 2016 | 82 | #564 |
| 2015 | 81 | #574 |
| 2014 | 61 | #705 |
| 2013 | 55 | #771 |
| 2012 | 75 | #620 |
| 2011 | 59 | #721 |
| 2010 | 47 | #831 |
| 2009 | 55 | #722 |
| 2008 | 40 | #890 |
| 2007 | 41 | #848 |
| 2006 | 32 | #975 |
| 2005 | 27 | #1,022 |
| 2004 | 25 | #1,048 |
| 2003 | 31 | #901 |
| 2002 | 25 | #990 |
| 2001 | 17 | #1,261 |
| 2000 | 24 | #987 |
| 1999 | 25 | #947 |
| 1998 | 18 | #1,199 |
| 1997 | 16 | #1,278 |
| 1996 | 19 | #1,090 |
How popular is Alisa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,652among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 125about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 125 girls in the US were named Alisa, making it the 1,652nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,227th. Its busiest year was 1970, with 1,153 girls. It first appears in the records in 1945.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Alisa than any year since 1953.
Half of all the girls named Alisa in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 131 girls in the US were given Alisa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,404, up from #1,652 for this spelling alone.
- Alisa 125
- Aleesa 6
Alisa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 125 | #1,652 |
| 2024 | 153 | #1,441 |
| 2023 | 163 | #1,377 |
| 2022 | 171 | #1,362 |
| 2021 | 190 | #1,236 |
| 2020 | 186 | #1,227 |
| 2019 | 207 | #1,158 |
| 2018 | 248 | #1,039 |
| 2017 | 262 | #990 |
| 2016 | 259 | #1,022 |
| 2015 | 258 | #1,034 |
| 2014 | 286 | #944 |
| 2013 | 236 | #1,046 |
| 2012 | 261 | #972 |
| 2011 | 247 | #1,012 |
| 2010 | 278 | #931 |
| 2009 | 285 | #938 |
| 2008 | 320 | #872 |
| 2007 | 321 | #868 |
| 2006 | 300 | #887 |
| 2005 | 356 | #752 |
| 2004 | 382 | #701 |
| 2003 | 374 | #699 |
| 2002 | 404 | #630 |
| 2001 | 384 | #656 |
| 2000 | 415 | #611 |
| 1999 | 415 | #590 |
| 1998 | 418 | #580 |
| 1997 | 387 | #592 |
| 1996 | 415 | #562 |
| 1995 | 419 | #557 |
| 1994 | 449 | #543 |
| 1993 | 417 | #571 |
| 1992 | 465 | #513 |
| 1991 | 507 | #481 |
| 1990 | 533 | #458 |
| 1989 | 538 | #451 |
| 1988 | 489 | #458 |
| 1987 | 490 | #451 |
| 1986 | 487 | #443 |
| 1985 | 492 | #445 |
| 1984 | 510 | #416 |
| 1983 | 508 | #426 |
| 1982 | 512 | #428 |
| 1981 | 570 | #396 |
| 1980 | 621 | #374 |
| 1979 | 762 | #313 |
| 1978 | 575 | #370 |
| 1977 | 641 | #346 |
| 1976 | 587 | #357 |
| 1975 | 576 | #361 |
| 1974 | 667 | #331 |
| 1973 | 787 | #299 |
| 1972 | 775 | #310 |
| 1971 | 1,063 | #271 |
| 1970 | 1,153 | #265 |
| 1969 | 1,108 | #261 |
| 1968 | 999 | #271 |
| 1967 | 921 | #278 |
| 1966 | 862 | #291 |
| 1965 | 924 | #288 |
| 1964 | 820 | #333 |
| 1963 | 934 | #303 |
| 1962 | 667 | #364 |
| 1961 | 602 | #391 |
| 1960 | 584 | #395 |
| 1959 | 491 | #431 |
| 1958 | 419 | #462 |
| 1957 | 264 | #598 |
| 1956 | 243 | #612 |
| 1955 | 185 | #687 |
| 1954 | 137 | #801 |
| 1953 | 99 | #947 |
| 1952 | 61 | #1,215 |
| 1951 | 26 | #1,920 |
| 1950 | 16 | #2,534 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,849 |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,881 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,704 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
Names like Alisa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Alisa
Names related to Alisa
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