Kalisa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kah-LISS-ah
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Kalisa is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
Where does Kalisa come from?
Modern: spelling of Kalissa; blend of Kal- with the -issa ending of Melissa
Meaning borrowed from Kalissa.
Is Kalisa a girl's or a boy's name?
Kalisa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kalisa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Kalisa, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962.
2025 had more girls named Kalisa than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Kalisa in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kalisa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
Names like Kalisa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira Khadija Samira Aaliyah Safa Zaniyah Zaira Aliya Kamiyah Amina Zayla Ayla
Names related to Kalisa
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, “Kalisa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kalisa, updated 20 October 2026.