Yulissa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- yoo-LEE-suh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,249 for girls
Yulissa is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,249th for girls in the US (48 babies).
Where does Yulissa come from?
Modern: Latin American Y- spelling of Julissa, perhaps a blend of Julia and Lisa
Is Yulissa a girl's or a boy's name?
Yulissa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 48 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yulissa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,249th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 48 about 1 in 33,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 48 girls in the US were named Yulissa, making it the 3,249th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,712th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 612 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
2025 had fewer girls named Yulissa than any year since 1996.
Half of all the girls named Yulissa in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 61 girls in the US were given Yulissa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,301, up from #3,249 for this spelling alone.
- Yulissa 48
- Yulisa 13
Yulissa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | #3,249 |
| 2024 | 64 | #2,694 |
| 2023 | 79 | #2,314 |
| 2022 | 59 | #2,856 |
| 2021 | 64 | #2,674 |
| 2020 | 61 | #2,712 |
| 2019 | 77 | #2,331 |
| 2018 | 79 | #2,302 |
| 2017 | 95 | #2,053 |
| 2016 | 86 | #2,221 |
| 2015 | 122 | #1,719 |
| 2014 | 100 | #1,982 |
| 2013 | 123 | #1,695 |
| 2012 | 103 | #1,918 |
| 2011 | 109 | #1,840 |
| 2010 | 139 | #1,574 |
| 2009 | 120 | #1,792 |
| 2008 | 129 | #1,717 |
| 2007 | 192 | #1,277 |
| 2006 | 190 | #1,260 |
| 2005 | 158 | #1,367 |
| 2004 | 183 | #1,215 |
| 2003 | 158 | #1,307 |
| 2002 | 148 | #1,317 |
| 2001 | 195 | #1,086 |
| 2000 | 170 | #1,174 |
| 1999 | 153 | #1,229 |
| 1998 | 197 | #1,009 |
| 1997 | 612 | #424 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,301 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
Names like Yulissa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira, Jayla, Kaliyah, Zariah, Ximena, Samira, Amara, Aaliyah, Alora, Jimena, Camila, Zaniyah
Other spellings of Yulissa
Names related to Yulissa
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, “Yulissa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yulissa, updated 20 October 2026.