Alissa

#1,942 for girls in 2025, 99 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,941
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1979 · 1,090 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
38,591
since 1948

Alissa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Alissa has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #236, 1979girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,94299—
2024#1,553137—
2023#1,681123—
2022#1,648128—
2021#1,441149—
2020#1,418154—
2019#1,446153—
2018#1,186202—
2017#1,114226—
2016#1,132224—
2015#937289—
2014#855322—
2013#727377—
2012#676416—
2011#607474—
2010#512585—
2009#452691—
2008#432731—
2007#3321,011—
2006#376859—
2005#368849—
2004#333955—
2003#2931,062—
2002#3011,034—
2001#2841,096—
2000#2791,156—
1999#2791,121—
1998#2511,231—
1997#2431,223—
1996#2681,073—
1995#276999—
1994#2601,078—
1993#2551,086—
1992#2731,035—
1991#292959—
1990#277998—
1989#290897#6,9416
1988#318780—
1987#323753—
1986#295828—
1985#298823—
1984#297797—
1983#309744—
1982#311789—
1981#286848#5,4686
1980#266944#4,9407
1979#2361,090#6,0565
1978#388536#4,5547
1977#408506—
1976#466406—
1975#482381—
1974#510340—
1973#481372—
1972#552301—
1971#544331—
1970#529358—
1969#598276—
1968#629235—
1967#701195—
1966#874131—
1965#1,08992—
1964#1,14592—
1963#1,21881—
1962#1,69045—
1961#1,53354—
1960#1,69544—
1959#1,61745—
1958#1,65742—
1957#2,65119—
1956#2,32123—
1955#2,72517—
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First appearance
1948

The first year at least five girls were named Alissa! It came in at #3,593, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1951, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Alissa is popular in 1968

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedNHWashington: #458 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,359 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedMNIllinois: #702 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 8,367 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedWIMichigan: #630 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 7,717 girlsMINew York: #428 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 3,244 girlsNYMassachusetts: #565 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,331 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedINOhio: #572 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 6,884 girlsOHPennsylvania: #481 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 4,954 girlsPANew Jersey: #446 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,712 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #650 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 5,915 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedNEMissouri: #498 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,698 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedVAMaryland: #439 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,612 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #587 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,547 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #670 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,060 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedALGeorgia: #683 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,531 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedHITexas: #852 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 9,393 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New York#428 · 1 in 3,244
  2. Maryland#439 · 1 in 3,612
  3. New Jersey#446 · 1 in 3,712
  4. Washington#458 · 1 in 3,359
  5. Pennsylvania#481 · 1 in 4,954

Best ever in a state: #80 in North Dakota, 1984.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New York#428421 in 3,244
Maryland#43971 in 3,612
New Jersey#446131 in 3,712
Washington#45871 in 3,359
Pennsylvania#481171 in 4,954
Missouri#49871 in 4,698
Massachusetts#56551 in 8,331
Ohio#572121 in 6,884
North Carolina#58761 in 6,547
Michigan#63091 in 7,717
California#650261 in 5,915
Louisiana#67051 in 6,060
Georgia#68351 in 7,531
Illinois#702101 in 8,367
Texas#852101 in 9,393
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Alissa
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 389 spots since 2024 (#1,553 → #1,942)
  • 524 spots since 2020 (#1,418 → #1,942)
  • 1,005 spots since 2015 (#937 → #1,942)
  • Biggest jump: 215 spots in 1966 (#1,089 → #874)
  • Biggest drop: 195 spots in 2016 (#937 → #1,132)
Rise & fade · girls
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1948
  • Peaked 1979 at #236 (1,090 births)
  • Births halved by 2011, 32 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 50 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1966–2015
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,423
  • Highest: 1 in 1,423 girls born in 1997 were named Alissa (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 16,235 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #236 in 1979, was only 1 in 1,473 (0.07%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 28.0% of all girls named Alissa (10,803) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s14#3,593 (1948)#4,419
1950s203#1,617 (1959)#2,590
1960s1,245#598 (1969)#1,117
1970s4,621#236 (1979)#460
1980s8,203#266 (1980)#299
1990s10,803#243 (1997)#267
2000s9,444#279 (2000)#345
2010s3,268#512 (2010)#919
2020s790#1,418 (2020)#1,614

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Alissa in 1968

girls
#629
235 births · 1 in 6,980 girls

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #629Alissa235
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 6,980 of them was named Alissa, which outranked 92.3% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alissa
  1. #625Felecia236
  2. #625Krystal236
  3. #625Mari236
  4. #629Alissa235
  5. #629Cora235
  6. #631Letitia234
  7. #632Dara233
  8. #632Dawna233

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,132Coretta#3,656 → #524
  2. ↑ 1,257Tamika#1,980 → #723
  3. ↑ 1,150Tamiko#1,702 → #552
  4. ↑ 607Chantel#1,348 → #741
  5. ↑ 490Chantal#1,441 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 602Wende#857 → #1,459
  2. ↓ 545Zina#959 → #1,504
  3. ↓ 341Evonne#970 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 294Portia#902 → #1,196
  5. ↓ 285Mariann#973 → #1,258

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1968 →