How Many People Are Named Jelisa?

1,076

people named Jelisa are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 317,643 people in the US has this name

Based on 1,098 babies named Jelisa in Social Security records from 1980 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#10,112

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#5,677

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Peak Year

1989

145 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Jelisa in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Jelisa alive today is about 31 years old, and 76% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 30 and 36 in 2025.

Under 30 263
24.5%
30 to 59 812
75.5%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Jelisa first appears in the records in 1980 and was given most often in 1989, to 145 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.

Babies given the name each year, 1980 to 2024

🏆 Rank History

Jelisa has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,139, in 1989.

Girls
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#1,139 (1989)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#2,280 in the 1990s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Jelisa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Jelisa were born in Illinois than in any other state: about 64 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jelisa was given 2.7 times as often in Illinois and 1.7 times in New York.

Illinois 64
New York 63
Texas 49
Florida 44
Georgia 43
Mississippi 42
Alabama 39
California 29
North Carolina 24
Louisiana 23
South Carolina 19
Virginia 16
Tennessee 13
Michigan 11
New Jersey 6
Connecticut 5
Ohio 5
Arkansas 5

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