How Many People Are Named Malisa?

2,187

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

About 1 in 156,280 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,340 babies named Malisa in Social Security records from 1885 to 2021, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#6,358

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#3,549

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Peak Year

1973

104 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 Malisa in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Malisa alive today is about 45 years old, and 82% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 37 and 54 in 2025.

Under 30 212
9.7%
30 to 59 1,804
82.5%
60 and over 171
7.8%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Malisa first appears in the records in 1885 and was given most often in 1973, to 104 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2021.

Babies given the name each year, 1885 to 2021

🏆 Rank History

Malisa has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,003, in 1885.

Girls
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#1,003 (1885)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,313 in the 1970s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

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

More people named Malisa were born in California than in any other state: about 214 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Malisa was given 3 times as often in California and 1.8 times in Texas.

California 214
Texas 84
Michigan 43
Illinois 39
New York 38
Georgia 33
Ohio 31
Florida 20
Kentucky 19
Washington 18
Missouri 14
Pennsylvania 10
Utah 10
Tennessee 9
New Jersey 8
Oklahoma 6
Maryland 5
Arkansas 5
Alabama 4

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