Yulissa
Yulissa is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Yulissa
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yulissa is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Yulissa
Yulissa first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1974, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1997: 612 births, good for #424 nationwide. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 39% of all recorded Yulissas. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #2,544 among baby girl names with 70 births, gradually falling (-9%). In total, more than 4K Yulissas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Yulissa
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About the name Yulissa
Yulissa is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1974 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Yulissa's peak popularity came in 1997 when it ranked #424. Use the chart and map above to compare Yulissa's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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