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Jalisa

#4,923 in 2025Girls' name

Possibly my God is an oath, through Elizabeth

Jalisa has been given to 6,200 babies in the U.S. since 1980. In 2025 it ranked #4,923 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1989, with 592 recorded.

Babies named Jalisa, 2025

1 in 123,000

Jalisa over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jalisa: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly my God is an oath, through Elizabeth

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jalisa means

Jalisa belongs to the name family reached through Jalisa → Elizabeth. Its meaning is “my God is an oath”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

ja- (possibly from Jane) + -lisa (possibly form Lisa; diminutive of Elizabeth), styled similar to names like Alyssa or Melissa; predominantly an African American name in the United States during the latter half of the 20th century.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Jalisa (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Jalisa is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Elizabeth.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,194 girls were recorded with the name Jalisa between 1980 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 592 in 1989; its best national rank was #419 in 1989.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,862 in 2020 to #4,923 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,979 in 2015 to #4,923 in 2025.

In the United States, 6 boys were recorded with the name Jalisa between 1989 and 1989. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1989; its best national rank was #7,360 in 1989.

How common is Jalisa?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 123,000
27 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 59,500
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#4,923
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
85,108 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jalisa sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 85,108 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jalisa. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jalisas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jalisa was born before 1993 — so the typical Jalisa is around 32 today.

Median birth year
1993
About 32 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
50.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
27.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
6,194
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 50.4% of all recorded uses (3,124).

Is Jalisa rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−109
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,061
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,944
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.47×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
4.6%
Peak was 1989 (592)
Years since peak
36
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
13.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#419
1989

Spellings of Jalisa

Jalisa is not the most common spelling — Lisa is, with 44.2% against Jalisa's 0.28%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Jalisa is used

Across 1910–2025, Jalisa was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 11,111 girls, against 1 in 30,941 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

09 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 11,111
  2. 2Mississippi1 in 11,111
  3. 3Alabama1 in 14,286
  4. 4Louisiana1 in 14,286
  5. 5Florida1 in 16,667
  6. 6North Carolina1 in 16,667
  7. 7South Carolina1 in 16,667
  8. 8Illinois1 in 25,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jalisa has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jalisa around the world

Where Jalisa ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • Canada
    1991–1999
    #1,999
    in 1999
  • South Australia
    1989–1989
    #692
    in 1989

Popularity data from Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Jalisa by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,923
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,061
Best rank ever
#419
1989
Peak year
1989
592 that year
First recorded
1980
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,194
Count in 2025
27

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#7,360
1989
Peak year
1989
6 that year
First recorded
1989
Last recorded
1989
All-time count
6
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Jalisa

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

JalynnJaleahJalynJalayaJalaniJalissaEloisaJaliyahJulisaJaliahJalenaJalayahLarisaJalyssaJaliaAnisaJalinaJaliyaBrisaJaleisaYulisaMelisaAnalisaLouisa

Names with a curve like Jalisa

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Jalisa, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

DevanShaniceChelsyAnjelicaBritanyHaliKelseaChelsiKelcieAlyshaJessikaKelcey

Sibling names for Jalisa

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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