NameTides

Alisa

Alisa was the #1,652 girls' name in the US in 2025 (125 babies), and #763 in England & Wales and #856 in Canada.

Alisa as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Alisa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesIrelandUS
Alisa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,652 (125)#763 (48)——#718 (4)#856 (33)
2024#1,441 (153)#708 (53)——#504 (7)#875 (32)
2023#1,377 (163)#608 (62)#749 (3)—#404 (9)#907 (29)
2022#1,362 (171)#694 (53)#531 (5)—#502 (7)#599 (47)
2021#1,236 (190)#567 (69)#792 (3)—#517 (7)#974 (28)
2020#1,227 (186)#683 (54)#765 (3)—#375 (10)#942 (28)
2019#1,158 (207)#574 (70)#560 (5)#424 (3)#325 (13)#922 (29)
2018#1,039 (248)#602 (68)#680 (4)—#568 (6)#690 (42)
2017#990 (262)#637 (65)—#355 (4)#430 (9)#680 (43)
2016#1,022 (259)#553 (76)—#353 (4)#515 (7)#915 (29)
2015#1,034 (258)#549 (79)——#751 (4)#758 (37)
2014#944 (286)#668 (59)——#494 (8)#772 (36)
2013#1,046 (236)#750 (52)#816 (3)—#540 (7)#791 (35)
2012#972 (261)#587 (72)#815 (3)—#612 (6)#695 (41)
2011#1,012 (247)#665 (59)——#393 (12)#744 (37)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1970 at #265.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1945.

How common is it?

about 1 in 13,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Alisa is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 13,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 15,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alisa by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,405ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,087NYMassachusetts: #873MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,271OHPennsylvania: #1,108PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,053CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,037VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,437NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,921TXFlorida: #1,055FL
Alisa (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#78315

Alisa (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AlisaCanadaGirls#85633
AlisaEngland & WalesGirls#76348
AlisaIrelandGirls#7184
AlisaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AlisaScotlandGirls—too few
AlisaUSGirls#1,652125
AlisaUSBoys—too few