How Many People Are Named Alisa?
An estimated 31,323 people in the United States have the first name Alisa. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 43 years old, and Alisa peaked in popularity in 1970 with 1,153 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Alisa as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Alisa paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
31,323
About 1 in 10,943 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Uncommon
Predicted Gender
Female
99.9% confidence
Average Age
43
years old
Peak Year
1970
1,153 births
Total Registered
34,600
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Alisa
Alisa is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 34,600 total births registered, 99.9% were female.
Alisa as a male name
Ranked #4,861 in 1979
7 male births in 1979
Peak: 1979 (7 births)
Alisa as a female name
Ranked #1,442 in 2024
152 female births in 2024
Peak: 1970 (1,153 births)
Alisa: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Alisa span from the 1940s to the 2020s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1960s, when 8,426 babies were registered. Alisa has declined significantly from its peak in the 1960s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Alisa by Decade
How has Alisa tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Alisa by State
Birth registrations for Alisa span all 49 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, New York, Texas. The lowest are in Wyoming, North Dakota, Delaware. On average, about 644 Alisas were registered per state.
Alisa + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Alisa as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Alisa
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
Alisa: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Alisa?
We estimate approximately 31,323 people named Alisa are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 10,943 Americans share this first name.
Is Alisa a common name?
Alisa is classified as "Uncommon" and is more popular than 98.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 34,600 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Alisa most popular?
Alisa reached peak popularity in 1970, when 1,153 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Alisa is approximately 43 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Alisa a female name?
Alisa is predominantly female. 99.9% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Alisa Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Alisa Smith, Alisa Johnson, Alisa Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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