Lissa Girl
How popular is Lissa?
#8,360 girl name in 2025
12 baby girls were named Lissa in the US in 2025, making it the 8360th most popular girl name.
3,615living people named Lissa (est.)
54median age of people named Lissa
3,979babies named Lissa since 1880
1 in 276,279US babies born in 2025
Lissa popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #8,360 for girls (▼ 770 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 12 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+9% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #9,476 in 2015, #8,401 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1963 (122 girls) |
| Highest rank | #957 in 1958 |
| First recorded | 1923 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lissa counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lisa family of names ranked #638 for girls in 2025 (#639 the year before), with 429 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Lissa by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1930s | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1940s | 137 | #1,519 |
| 1950s | 761 | #957 |
| 1960s | 989 | #959 |
| 1970s | 693 | #1,247 |
| 1980s | 597 | #1,684 |
| 1990s | 404 | #1,824 |
| 2000s | 180 | #5,004 |
| 2010s | 131 | #7,096 |
| 2020s | 74 | #7,590 |
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Questions
- Is Lissa a boy or girl name?
- Lissa is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lissa were girls.
- How popular is the name Lissa?
- 12 baby girls were named Lissa in the US in 2025, making it the 8360th most popular girl name.
- When was Lissa most popular?
- Lissa peaked in 1963, when 122 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #957 in 1958.
- How many people are named Lissa?
- 3,979 babies have been named Lissa in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,615 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 54.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.