How Many People Are Named Yalissa?
An estimated 132 people in the United States have the first name Yalissa. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 19 years old, and Yalissa peaked in popularity in 2003 with 13 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Yalissa 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 Yalissa paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
132
About 1 in 2,596,624 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
19
years old
Peak Year
2003
13 births
Total Registered
134
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Yalissa
Yalissa is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 134 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Yalissa as a female name
Ranked #18,013 in 2018
5 female births in 2018
Peak: 2003 (13 births)
Yalissa: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Yalissa span from the 1990s to the 2010s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 58 babies were registered. Yalissa remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Yalissa by Decade
How has Yalissa 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.
Yalissa + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Yalissa as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Yalissa: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Yalissa?
We estimate approximately 132 people named Yalissa 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 2,596,624 Americans share this first name.
Is Yalissa a common name?
Yalissa is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 68.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 134 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Yalissa most popular?
Yalissa reached peak popularity in 2003, when 13 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Yalissa is approximately 19 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Yalissa a female name?
Yalissa is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Yalissa Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Yalissa Smith, Yalissa Johnson, Yalissa 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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