Kalissa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kah-LISS-ah
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Kalissa is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
Where does Kalissa come from?
Modern: blend of Kal- with the -issa ending of Melissa
Is Kalissa a girl's or a boy's name?
Kalissa 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 Kalissa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Kalissa, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 79 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Kalissa in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kalissa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 29 | #4,724 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 32 | #4,420 |
| 2012 | 41 | #3,781 |
| 2011 | 32 | #4,465 |
| 2010 | 50 | #3,255 |
| 2009 | 43 | #3,676 |
| 2008 | 38 | #4,088 |
| 2007 | 79 | #2,394 |
| 2006 | 72 | #2,538 |
| 2005 | 61 | #2,727 |
| 2004 | 52 | #2,994 |
| 2003 | 49 | #3,040 |
| 2002 | 42 | #3,279 |
| 2001 | 37 | #3,545 |
| 2000 | 45 | #3,066 |
| 1999 | 32 | #3,714 |
| 1998 | 24 | #4,489 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
Names like Kalissa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira, Aaliyah, Khadija, Samira, Zaniyah, Kamiyah, Safa, Zariah, Jaliyah, Salma, Zayla, Jayla
Names related to Kalissa
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, “Kalissa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kalissa, updated 20 October 2026.