Yalissa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- yuh-LIS-uh
- Origin
- Modern
Yalissa is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Yalissa come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps a variant of Alyssa or Melissa
Is Yalissa a girl's or a boy's name?
Yalissa is a girls' name.
How popular is Yalissa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Yalissa in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yalissa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
Names like Yalissa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah Kaliyah Safa Zayla Zahara Aaliyah Amira Jaliyah Zamira Samira Zariah Zaira
Names related to Yalissa
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, “Yalissa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yalissa, updated 20 October 2026.