Yulissa
Feminine
Yulissa is a Latin American name of recent make, built on the Yu- opening and the -issa ending that both spread through Spanish-language naming in the late twentieth century.
How old is the name Yulissa?
Yulissa first appears in US birth records in 1974 — 51 years ago. The typical Yulissa alive today was born around 2005, making them about 20 years old. About 4,100 people named Yulissa are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Yulissa most popular?
Yulissa peaked in 1997, reaching #424 nationally. Today it ranks #3249, 2,825 places below that high. See the whole 1997 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Yulissa
Our reading rather than the record's. Latin American naming has spent fifty years doing something English-speaking naming has only recently taken up: building new names from familiar pieces, in the open, at scale. The Y at the front is the crucial move — Spanish reads J as a throat sound, so a name that wants the English or Latin J sound writes Y instead. Yulissa is Julissa made readable in Spanish, and Julissa is Julia given an ending it never had. Each step is small and the destination is genuinely new.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source language is established. What is documented is the pattern: a Yu- opening that produced Yulisa, Yuliana and Yuridia in Latin American records, often on the model of Julia and Julieta with the Spanish-friendly Y, and an -issa ending shared with Marissa, Nerissa and Clarissa.
Pronouncing Yulissa
yoo-LEE-sah
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. Every letter is sounded.
Nicknames for Yulissa
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
- 1974
- Most girls named
- 1997612 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #424reached in 1997
- Change vs 2024
- −25.0%48 in 2025, from 64
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.
Yulissa in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Julissa in Spanish — spelling variant
- Yulisa in Spanish — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Colorado.
Yulissas among us
people named Yulissa are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 33,485 born in 2025 was named Yulissa
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Lynnette test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Yulissa's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Lynnette climbed just as high around 1966, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Lynnette's path sketches the road Yulissa is walking now.
Yulissa sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Yulissa is headed
Yulissa should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Yulissa beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Yulissa in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Spanish speakers read it correctly at first sight, which is exactly what the Y is for.
- Yuli and Lissa are both usable short forms, one in each language.
- Three open syllables make it easy to say in almost any language.
- Julissa, Yulisa and Yulissa are all current and the spelling will be asked for constantly.
- English speakers are unsure whether the Y is a consonant or a vowel here.
- There is no documented meaning, only a construction.
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Frequently asked
- How many Yulissas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 4,100 people named Yulissa are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Yulissa in 2025?
- Yulissa ranks #3249 among US girl names in 2025, with 48 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Yulissa?
- About 1 in every 33,485 US girls born in 2025 was named Yulissa — 48 in all.
- Will my child share the name Yulissa with classmates?
- Yulissa will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Yulissa
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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