Given name

Yulissa

Yulissa is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Yulissa isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Yulissa through the years

Babies since 1880
4,151
0 boys · 4,151 girls
Most popular year
1997
612 babies
2025
48
#3,295 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−21%
Easing
0100200300400198020002025Highest share 199730
Yulissa in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1974–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

Where it’s given

Most at home inColorado, Texas, California
FewerMore, relative to births Not published
2025 births by state of birth. Tiles are equal-sized so small states stay visible. Highest rates: Colorado (7), Texas (12), California (10).

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 48 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,295 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 21.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 612 in 1997. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (12). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,534 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

YulissaYulyssa

The ring: spellings.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

People named Yulissa

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Yulissa, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Analiesa

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

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Alexisa

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

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Aliaya

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

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Yerimar

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

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Julissa

“one who is youthful; daughter of the sky”

47UncommonCooling

>99% girls

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Yakelin

14Very rareSteady

>99% girls

Modern

Arjeta

Arjeta is a feminine given name. It is used in Albanian.

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Yulissa’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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