Calissa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kah-LISS-ah
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Calissa is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
Where does Calissa come from?
Modern: spelling of Kalissa; blend of Kal- with the -issa ending of Melissa
Meaning borrowed from Kalissa.
Is Calissa a girl's or a boy's name?
Calissa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Calissa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Calissa, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 49 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962.
Half of all the girls named Calissa in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Calissa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 31 | #4,487 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 41 | #3,701 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,112 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 33 | #4,396 |
| 2009 | 41 | #3,799 |
| 2008 | 35 | #4,359 |
| 2007 | 44 | #3,652 |
| 2006 | 37 | #3,991 |
| 2005 | 41 | #3,583 |
| 2004 | 36 | #3,894 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,663 |
| 2002 | 32 | #3,974 |
| 2001 | 49 | #2,920 |
| 2000 | 29 | #4,180 |
| 1999 | 47 | #2,851 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
Names like Calissa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Camila Ximena Alora Jayla Sienna Estrella Isabella Solana Alondra Eliana Sophia Alina
Names related to Calissa
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Calissa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/calissa, updated 20 October 2026.