# Jalisa (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jalisa/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,200 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6 / 6,194 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

ja- (possibly from Jane) + -lisa (possibly form Lisa; diminutive of Elizabeth), styled similar to names like Alyssa or Melissa; predominantly an African American name in the United States during the latter half of the 20th century.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 90 | 2,132 |
| 2012 | 87 | 2,172 |
| 2013 | 70 | 2,543 |
| 2014 | 61 | 2,826 |
| 2015 | 58 | 2,979 |
| 2016 | 42 | 3,673 |
| 2017 | 23 | 5,577 |
| 2018 | 28 | 4,816 |
| 2019 | 37 | 3,960 |
| 2020 | 37 | 3,863 |
| 2021 | 32 | 4,362 |
| 2022 | 29 | 4,717 |
| 2023 | 31 | 4,506 |
| 2024 | 28 | 4,817 |
| 2025 | 27 | 4,924 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 6 | 7,367 |

## People named Jalisa

- Deandra Dottin, Barbadian cricketer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.