first name
JULISSA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 23,238 people named Julissa, 93.1% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% as Black and 2.8% as White. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Julissa peaked in 2006, when 1,530 babies got the name.
At least 25,899 babies have been given the name since 1964. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Julissa by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #613. The largest share of babies named Julissa, 61.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Julissa is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Julissa has been most common in Texas (3×), California (3×), and Arizona (2.6×), and least common in Ohio (0.04×).
24,170 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Julissa, most common first.
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