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Alisa

Gender

Female

Origin

Italian
Happy
Hebrew
Great happiness
Spanish
Of the nobility
Ukrainian

Syllables

3

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Alisa

Pronunciation

a-li-sa

Famous People

Tennis player Alisa Kleybanova

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1979 (rank #4842, 7 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1970 (rank #265, 1,154 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1652, 125 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–125
2024–152
2023–163
2022–170
2021–190
2020–186
2019–207
2018–248
2017–262
2016–259

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2015 (rank #549, 79 births); most recent 2025 (rank #763, 48 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202548
202453
202362
202253
202169
202054
201970
201868
201765
201676

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #1330, 27 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2145, 13 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
202313
202227
202121
202012
201925
201817
201718
201615
201514
201415

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2019 (rank #322, 13 births); most recent 2025 (rank #692, 4 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
20254
20247
20239
20227
20217
202010
201913
20186
20179
20167

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #531, 5 births); most recent 2023 (rank #749, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
20233
20225
20213
20203
20195
20184
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2017 (rank #355, 4 births); most recent 2019 (rank #424, 3 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
20193
2018–
20174
20164

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1977 (rank #206, 15 births); most recent 2023 (rank #399, 8 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
20238
20227
2021–
2020–
2019–
20187
20177
2016–
20158
20148

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence