Shalisa
Feminine
Shalisa is built so that the join does not show. The two halves are both borrowed and the seam between them falls where English expects a syllable break anyway, which is the whole craft of this kind of name.
How old is the name Shalisa?
Shalisa first appears in US birth records in 1967 — 58 years ago. The typical Shalisa alive today was born around 1989, making them about 36 years old. About 800 people named Shalisa are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Shalisa most popular?
Shalisa peaked in 1989, reaching #1965 nationally. See the whole 1989 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Shalisa
A built name works or fails at the join. Put two pieces together so that the seam falls in the middle of a syllable and the result is unsayable; put it at a natural break and the name sounds as though it had always existed. That is why the successful American coinages almost all have their prefix ending in a vowel and their stem beginning with a consonant — the join is invisible, the rhythm is ordinary, and nobody hearing the name would guess it had parts. The unsuccessful ones, which the record also holds in quantity, are the ones where somebody forced two pieces together and the seam shows every time the name is said aloud.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source. The front is one of the American prefixes and the back is a short form of Elizabeth that had come loose; neither is a word. The Hebrew and Arabic readings offered for it online belong to other names.
Pronouncing Shalisa
shuh-LEE-suh
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. The join between the parts falls at a natural syllable break.
Nicknames for Shalisa
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1967
- Most girls named
- 198965 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1965reached in 1989
- Change vs 2009
- −28.6%5 in 2010, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Shalisas among us
people named Shalisa are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Shalisa sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is read correctly on sight by anyone.
- The middle stress carries well and resists clipping.
- It shortens to a name that stands perfectly well alone.
- Shalisa, Shalissa and Chalisa are all in the record and hers will be written as one of them.
- The name dates its bearer to a particular decade.
- There is no inherited meaning to pass on.
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Frequently asked
- How many Shalisas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Shalisa are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Shalisa in 2025?
- Shalisa is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Shalisa with classmates?
- Shalisa will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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