Jalissa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ja-LIS-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Jalissa is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
Where does Jalissa come from?
Modern: Ja- prefix with Lissa, as in Alyssa
Is Jalissa a girl's or a boy's name?
Jalissa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jalissa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,721st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Jalissa, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,179th. Its busiest year was 1988, with 172 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985.
2025 had fewer girls named Jalissa than any year since 1986.
Half of all the girls named Jalissa in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jalissa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 32 | #4,386 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 2022 | 31 | #4,470 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,800 |
| 2020 | 49 | #3,179 |
| 2019 | 50 | #3,171 |
| 2018 | 41 | #3,676 |
| 2017 | 59 | #2,835 |
| 2016 | 60 | #2,829 |
| 2015 | 70 | #2,555 |
| 2014 | 62 | #2,779 |
| 2013 | 93 | #2,064 |
| 2012 | 83 | #2,265 |
| 2011 | 92 | #2,088 |
| 2010 | 110 | #1,847 |
| 2009 | 131 | #1,695 |
| 2008 | 132 | #1,685 |
| 2007 | 164 | #1,438 |
| 2006 | 170 | #1,359 |
| 2005 | 116 | #1,703 |
| 2004 | 104 | #1,819 |
| 2003 | 94 | #1,924 |
| 2002 | 99 | #1,803 |
| 2001 | 84 | #2,009 |
| 2000 | 70 | #2,232 |
| 1999 | 71 | #2,130 |
| 1998 | 64 | #2,218 |
| 1997 | 94 | #1,669 |
| 1996 | 76 | #1,896 |
| 1995 | 89 | #1,647 |
| 1994 | 110 | #1,441 |
| 1993 | 123 | #1,343 |
| 1992 | 139 | #1,246 |
| 1991 | 164 | #1,094 |
| 1990 | 156 | #1,116 |
| 1989 | 153 | #1,088 |
| 1988 | 172 | #967 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,854 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
Names like Jalissa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira, Aaliyah, Samira, Safa, Kaliyah, Zaira, Zaniyah, Salma, Zahara, Aliya, Hadassah, Khadija
Names related to Jalissa
Julissa, Jalisa, 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, “Jalissa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jalissa, updated 20 October 2026.