Jalisa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ja-LEE-sa
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,877 for girls
Jalisa is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,877th for girls in the US (27 babies).
Where does Jalisa come from?
Modern: Ja- prefix with Lisa
Is Jalisa a girl's or a boy's name?
Jalisa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jalisa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,877th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27 about 1 in 60,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the US were named Jalisa, making it the 4,877th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,840th. Its busiest year was 1989, with 592 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
2025 had fewer girls named Jalisa than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Jalisa in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jalisa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #4,877 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,770 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 32 | #4,322 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,840 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,922 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,515 |
| 2016 | 42 | #3,656 |
| 2015 | 58 | #2,964 |
| 2014 | 61 | #2,807 |
| 2013 | 70 | #2,533 |
| 2012 | 87 | #2,160 |
| 2011 | 90 | #2,124 |
| 2010 | 82 | #2,313 |
| 2009 | 105 | #1,979 |
| 2008 | 99 | #2,062 |
| 2007 | 98 | #2,071 |
| 2006 | 114 | #1,806 |
| 2005 | 107 | #1,818 |
| 2004 | 103 | #1,834 |
| 2003 | 92 | #1,969 |
| 2002 | 108 | #1,693 |
| 2001 | 126 | #1,488 |
| 2000 | 136 | #1,367 |
| 1999 | 111 | #1,530 |
| 1998 | 154 | #1,200 |
| 1997 | 167 | #1,118 |
| 1996 | 208 | #933 |
| 1995 | 235 | #831 |
| 1994 | 262 | #774 |
| 1993 | 350 | #640 |
| 1992 | 497 | #494 |
| 1991 | 588 | #432 |
| 1990 | 552 | #447 |
| 1989 | 592 | #418 |
| 1988 | 520 | #437 |
| 1987 | 73 | #1,661 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
Names like Jalisa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Samira, Amira, Aaliyah, Zaira, Safa, Khadija, Aliya, Salma, Summer, Shayla, Zahara, Safiya
Names related to Jalisa
Julissa, Jalissa, Julisa, Jalaysia, Jalyssa, Jaleesa, Jelissa, Jolisa
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, “Jalisa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jalisa, updated 20 October 2026.