girls:
4k births since 1923
#2747 (52nd percentile)
overall:
4k births since 1923
#4374 (43rd percentile)
The name Lissa is the #4,374 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,952 recorded births since 1923. This represents the 43.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 43.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,747 (51.9% percentile) for all time with 3,952 births since 1923.
Lissa first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1923 (first recorded for girls in 1923). Birth data for Lissa is available in 84 out of the 101 years between 1923 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Lissa reached its peak popularity in 1963, achieving the 15.2% percentile (ranked #655) with 61 births per million. The name was most common in 1963, with 61 births per million (ranked 15.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Lissa ranks #942 for girls (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 9.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lissa".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Lissa", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 22 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Lisa" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Lisa..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Lissa. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.9% confident that Lissa is pronounced as LIH-suh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LEE-suh, at 9.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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