Delisa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- deh-LEE-sa
- Origin
- Modern
Delisa is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Delisa come from?
Modern: the prefix De- added to Lisa, or a variant of Delicia
Is Delisa a girl's or a boy's name?
Delisa is a girls' name.
How popular is Delisa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1965, with 145 girls. It first appears in the records in 1951.
Half of all the girls named Delisa in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.
Delisa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,713 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 34 | #3,297 |
| 1993 | 37 | #3,103 |
| 1992 | 45 | #2,682 |
| 1991 | 70 | #1,973 |
| 1990 | 79 | #1,809 |
| 1989 | 85 | #1,625 |
| 1988 | 125 | #1,203 |
| 1987 | 68 | #1,747 |
| 1986 | 41 | #2,419 |
| 1985 | 51 | #2,081 |
| 1984 | 42 | #2,298 |
| 1983 | 52 | #1,960 |
| 1982 | 48 | #2,115 |
| 1981 | 41 | #2,375 |
| 1980 | 46 | #2,189 |
| 1979 | 55 | #1,897 |
| 1978 | 43 | #2,159 |
| 1977 | 59 | #1,736 |
| 1976 | 57 | #1,694 |
| 1975 | 52 | #1,780 |
| 1974 | 73 | #1,399 |
| 1973 | 74 | #1,349 |
| 1972 | 74 | #1,353 |
| 1971 | 90 | #1,237 |
| 1970 | 128 | #979 |
| 1969 | 88 | #1,190 |
| 1968 | 122 | #934 |
| 1967 | 132 | #894 |
| 1966 | 127 | #890 |
| 1965 | 145 | #825 |
| 1964 | 128 | #928 |
| 1963 | 128 | #934 |
| 1962 | 101 | #1,074 |
| 1961 | 93 | #1,135 |
| 1960 | 87 | #1,164 |
| 1959 | 61 | #1,369 |
| 1958 | 51 | #1,497 |
| 1957 | 42 | #1,651 |
| 1956 | 31 | #1,930 |
| 1955 | 30 | #1,939 |
| 1954 | 19 | #2,518 |
| 1953 | 19 | #2,430 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
Names like Delisa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Melissa Angela Amanda Vanessa Rebecca Diana Maria Christina Monica Cassandra Jessica Sabrina
Names related to Delisa
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, “Delisa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/delisa, updated 20 October 2026.