Alyssa Girl
How popular is Alyssa?
#453 girl name in 2025
680 baby girls were named Alyssa in the US in 2025, making it the 453rd most popular girl name.
Alyssa popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #453 for girls (▼ 54 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 680 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-79% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #93 in 2015, #199 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1999 (14,036 girls) |
| Highest rank | #11 in 1998 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1950 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Alyssa counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Alyssa family of names ranked #212 for girls in 2025 (#189 the year before), with 1,582 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alyssa | 680 | 43% |
| Aliza | 420 | 27% |
| Alisa | 125 | 8% |
| Alissa | 99 | 6% |
| Alizah | 87 | 5% |
| Alyza | 77 | 5% |
| Alizay | 24 | 2% |
| Alyzah | 26 | 2% |
| Alysa | 9 | 1% |
| Allyssa | 5 | 0% |
| Alyzzah | 22 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Alyssa is most popular
Babies named Alyssa per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alaska: 1.4 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- California: 1.1 per 1,000 (923 girls)
- District of Columbia: 0.9 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Nevada: 0.9 per 1,000 (43 girls)
- Arizona: 0.9 per 1,000 (128 girls)
Alyssa by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 98 | #1,880 |
| 1960s | 1,503 | #499 |
| 1970s | 6,079 | #223 |
| 1980s | 32,952 | #33 |
| 1990s | 115,255 | #11 |
| 2000s | 114,507 | #12 |
| 2010s | 37,935 | #21 |
| 2020s | 6,277 | #199 |
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Questions
- Is Alyssa a boy or girl name?
- Alyssa is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Alyssa were girls.
- How popular is the name Alyssa?
- 680 baby girls were named Alyssa in the US in 2025, making it the 453rd most popular girl name.
- When was Alyssa most popular?
- Alyssa peaked in 1999, when 14,036 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #11, held for 2 years starting in 1998.
- How many people are named Alyssa?
- 315,038 babies have been named Alyssa in the US since 1880. We estimate about 310,527 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 26.
- Where is Alyssa most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Alyssa was most common in Alaska, at 1.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.