Girls' name · peaked in 1970
Alisa name popularity since 1925
34,727 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Alisa. Half of them were born in 1979 or earlier, so the typical Alisa is about 47 years old in 2026. Alisa peaked in 1970 as the #265 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 34,727
- Named Alisa, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,654 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 34,705 girls · 22 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 2.12× its national share
Peak year is the year Alisa made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Alisa births per year, 1925–2025
1970 was the biggest year for Alisa both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1954 and 1959, Alisa became 3.4× more common, from 1 in 14,200 baby girls to 1 in 4,120.
- Steepest fall: Between 1970 and 1975, its share of baby girls fell by 40%, from 1 in 1,520 to 1 in 2,530.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Alisa's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Alisa.
Decade by decade
Babies named Alisa in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 44 | 0 | #4,033 |
| 1950s | 1,941 | 0 | #688 |
| 1960s | 8,421 | 5 | #288 |
| 1970s | 7,586 | 17 | #361 |
| 1980s | 5,217 | 0 | #445 |
| 1990s | 4,425 | 0 | #557 |
| 2000s | 3,541 | 0 | #752 |
| 2010s | 2,542 | 0 | #1,034 |
| 2020–25 | 988 | 0 | #1,654 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
37.5% of babies named Alisa from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Alisa is most popular
The index compares Alisa's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Alisa.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2.12× | 578 |
| Washington | 1.61× | 861 |
| California | 1.47× | 4,978 |
| Oregon | 1.46× | 439 |
| Florida | 1.34× | 1,549 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Alisa and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Alisa (this page) | 34,705 | 1970 |
| Alissa | 38,591 | 1997 |
| Aliza | 11,970 | 2023 |
| Alysa | 7,050 | 2001 |
| Allissa | 2,054 | 1998 |
| Allisa | 1,340 | 1998 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Alisa's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Alisa.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Alisa (1970).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data