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Jelissa

100% girls · 5 born in 2025

Jelissa has been given to about 938 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1992, which makes it a Gen X and millennial name.

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Origin—
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Living in the US≈ 925
Median age today29 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Jelissa per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1992 · 64
  • Born in 20255
  • All time938

How popular is Jelissa?

Its best year was 1992, when 64 babies were given the name, ranking 2113th. The typical living American called Jelissa is about 29 years old today.

Names that sound like Jelissa

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Melissa0.88
  2. Elissa0.88
  3. Elisa0.85
  4. Melisa0.85
  5. Mellissa0.86
  6. Julissa0.83
  7. Mellisa0.82
  8. Elyssa0.80

Middle names for Jelissa

Ranked by flow score
  1. Jelissa Rose0.85
  2. Jelissa Louise0.85
  3. Jelissa Pearl0.84
  4. Jelissa Quinn0.84
  5. Jelissa Nell0.84
  6. Jelissa Wren0.83

Sibling names for Jelissa

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Alvarobrother · 0.76
  2. Ilianasister · 0.75
  3. Zachariahbrother · 0.75
  4. Tianasister · 0.75
  5. Dariusbrother · 0.75
  6. Biancasister · 0.74

Where Jelissa is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Jelissa White0.80
    2. Jelissa Reyes0.80
    3. Jelissa Nguyen0.80
    4. Jelissa Moore0.80
    5. Jelissa Lee0.80
    6. Jelissa Hill0.80

    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 Jelissa

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. France1900–2025

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