Feminine dossier · first seen 1923

Lissa

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Lissa
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1963

Peak rank proxy

122

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1923Peak 19632024

Peak year

1963

Decline from peak

88.5%

2024

All-time

3,966

Lissa has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1963, when 122 girls were named Lissa.

In 2024, only 14 girls were given the name.

Down 88.5% from its peak.

All told, about 3,966 Americans have been named Lissa and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1923.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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