How Many People Are Named Lissa?
people named Lissa are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 95,417 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,979 babies named Lissa in Social Security records from 1923 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
122 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of MELISSA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Lissa in English. Counting Lissa and these spellings together, about 5,021 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Lissa in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lissa alive today is about 49 years old, and 50% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 38 and 64 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lissa first appears in the records in 1923 and was given most often in 1963, to 122 babies. In 2025, 12 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1923 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lissa has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #957, in 1958. In 2025 it ranked #8,649.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #8,649 |
| Best rank | #957 (1958) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,091 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lissa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lissa were born in California than in any other state: about 433 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lissa was given 3.2 times as often in California, 2.4 times in Texas and 2 times in New York.
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