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Alisa

/əˈlisə/ · 100% girls · 125 born in 2025

Alisa has been given to about 34,727 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1970, which makes it a boomer-era name.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables3
Pronunciation/əˈlisə/
Nicknames—
Living in the US≈ 33,103
Median age today47 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Alisa per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceNorwayeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1970 · 1,153
  • Born in 2025125
  • All time34,727
  • England & Wales, 2025#776 · 48

How popular is Alisa?

Its best year was 1970, when 1,153 babies were given the name, ranking 265th. The typical living American called Alisa is about 47 years old today. It is relatively most common in Massachusetts, where it accounts for 0.01% of births.

Names that sound like Alisa

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Alissa0.97
  2. Alyssa0.88
  3. Alysa0.91
  4. Aliza0.90
  5. Jalisa0.88
  6. Allyssa0.86
  7. Malissa0.85
  8. Anisa0.85

Middle names for Alisa

Ranked by flow score
  1. Alisa Rose0.89
  2. Alisa Louise0.89
  3. Alisa June0.88
  4. Alisa Pearl0.88
  5. Alisa Quinn0.88
  6. Alisa Nell0.88

Sibling names for Alisa

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Larasister · 0.94
  2. Bridgetsister · 0.93
  3. Claybrother · 0.91
  4. Damonbrother · 0.90
  5. Heidisister · 0.90
  6. Dexterbrother · 0.89

Where Alisa is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state
  1. Massachusetts0.01%
  2. Virginia0.01%
  3. New York0.01%
  4. Florida0.01%
  5. California0.01%

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Alisa White0.84
  2. Alisa Reyes0.84
  3. Alisa Nguyen0.84
  4. Alisa Moore0.84
  5. Alisa Lee0.84
  6. Alisa Hill0.84

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Alisa

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. United States1880–2025
  2. England & Wales1996–2025
  3. Scotland1974–2020
  4. France1900–2025
  5. Norway1945–2025
  6. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Alisa across America

Share of 2025 births in each state. Darker means more common.
ME
WA
VT
NH
MT
ND
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
ID
SD
IA
IL
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
NV
WY
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
CA
UT
CO
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
AZ
NM
OK
LA
MS
AL
SC
AK
TX
GA
FL
HI
raremost common

Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.