Alisa Girl
How popular is Alisa?
#1,652 girl name in 2025
125 baby girls were named Alisa in the US in 2025, making it the 1652nd most popular girl name.
Alisa popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,652 for girls (▼ 211 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 125 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-52% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,034 in 2015, #1,227 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1970 (1,153 girls) |
| Highest rank | #261 in 1969 |
| First recorded | 1945 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Alisa counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Alyssa family of names ranked #212 for girls in 2025 (#189 the year before), with 1,582 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alyssa | 680 | 43% |
| Aliza | 420 | 27% |
| Alisa | 125 | 8% |
| Alissa | 99 | 6% |
| Alizah | 87 | 5% |
| Alyza | 77 | 5% |
| Alizay | 24 | 2% |
| Alyzah | 26 | 2% |
| Alysa | 9 | 1% |
| Allyssa | 5 | 0% |
| Alyzzah | 22 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Alisa is most popular
Babies named Alisa per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (78 girls)
- Florida: 0.2 per 1,000 (84 girls)
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (150 girls)
- Washington: 0.2 per 1,000 (24 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (32 girls)
Alisa by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 44 | #2,849 |
| 1950s | 1,941 | #431 |
| 1960s | 8,421 | #261 |
| 1970s | 7,586 | #265 |
| 1980s | 5,217 | #374 |
| 1990s | 4,425 | #458 |
| 2000s | 3,541 | #611 |
| 2010s | 2,542 | #931 |
| 2020s | 988 | #1,227 |
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Questions
- Is Alisa a boy or girl name?
- Alisa is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Alisa were girls.
- How popular is the name Alisa?
- 125 baby girls were named Alisa in the US in 2025, making it the 1652nd most popular girl name.
- When was Alisa most popular?
- Alisa peaked in 1970, when 1,153 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #261 in 1969.
- How many people are named Alisa?
- 34,727 babies have been named Alisa in the US since 1880. We estimate about 32,887 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 47.
- Where is Alisa most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Alisa was most common in New York, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
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.