Lissa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LIS-a
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Lissa is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “honeybee”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Lissa mean?
Greek: short form of Melissa
“honeybee”
A short form of Melissa, from Greek melissa, honeybee; it can also be short for Alissa.
Is Lissa a girl's or a boy's name?
Lissa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lissa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 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, 12 girls in the US were named Lissa, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 1963, with 122 girls. It first appears in the records in 1923.
Half of all the girls named Lissa in the US since 1880 were born between 1960 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lissa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 37 | #3,371 |
| 1998 | 30 | #3,828 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 37 | #3,144 |
| 1995 | 34 | #3,280 |
| 1994 | 41 | #2,872 |
| 1993 | 43 | #2,763 |
| 1992 | 38 | #3,031 |
| 1991 | 43 | #2,732 |
| 1990 | 78 | #1,824 |
| 1989 | 65 | #1,960 |
| 1988 | 46 | #2,364 |
| 1987 | 54 | #2,043 |
| 1986 | 60 | #1,865 |
| 1985 | 67 | #1,709 |
| 1984 | 55 | #1,905 |
| 1983 | 52 | #1,960 |
| 1982 | 67 | #1,684 |
| 1981 | 64 | #1,754 |
| 1980 | 67 | #1,692 |
| 1979 | 74 | #1,555 |
| 1978 | 62 | #1,690 |
| 1977 | 58 | #1,761 |
| 1976 | 62 | #1,602 |
| 1975 | 49 | #1,854 |
| 1974 | 59 | #1,598 |
| 1973 | 71 | #1,388 |
| 1972 | 81 | #1,263 |
| 1971 | 88 | #1,253 |
| 1970 | 89 | #1,247 |
| 1969 | 83 | #1,226 |
| 1968 | 96 | #1,083 |
| 1967 | 69 | #1,316 |
| 1966 | 86 | #1,142 |
| 1965 | 88 | #1,129 |
| 1964 | 112 | #1,016 |
| 1963 | 122 | #959 |
| 1962 | 102 | #1,066 |
| 1961 | 114 | #1,014 |
| 1960 | 117 | #992 |
| 1959 | 100 | #1,065 |
| 1958 | 116 | #957 |
| 1957 | 82 | #1,169 |
| 1956 | 81 | #1,150 |
| 1955 | 72 | #1,174 |
| 1954 | 81 | #1,092 |
| 1953 | 65 | #1,198 |
| 1952 | 72 | #1,106 |
| 1951 | 48 | #1,338 |
| 1950 | 44 | #1,374 |
| 1949 | 33 | #1,626 |
| 1948 | 37 | #1,519 |
| 1947 | 22 | #2,088 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,738 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,138 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,039 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,442 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
Names like Lissa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Melissa Lara Lisa Lana Cassandra Christina Angela Tara Tessa Andrea Nicole Ana
Names related to Lissa
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe
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, “Lissa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lissa, updated 20 October 2026.