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
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1979 · 1,090 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 38,591since 1948
Alissa over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Alissa has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,942 | 99 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,553 | 137 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,681 | 123 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,648 | 128 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,441 | 149 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,418 | 154 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,446 | 153 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,186 | 202 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,114 | 226 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,132 | 224 | — | |
| 2015 | #937 | 289 | — | |
| 2014 | #855 | 322 | — | |
| 2013 | #727 | 377 | — | |
| 2012 | #676 | 416 | — | |
| 2011 | #607 | 474 | — | |
| 2010 | #512 | 585 | — | |
| 2009 | #452 | 691 | — | |
| 2008 | #432 | 731 | — | |
| 2007 | #332 | 1,011 | — | |
| 2006 | #376 | 859 | — | |
| 2005 | #368 | 849 | — | |
| 2004 | #333 | 955 | — | |
| 2003 | #293 | 1,062 | — | |
| 2002 | #301 | 1,034 | — | |
| 2001 | #284 | 1,096 | — | |
| 2000 | #279 | 1,156 | — | |
| 1999 | #279 | 1,121 | — | |
| 1998 | #251 | 1,231 | — | |
| 1997 | #243 | 1,223 | — | |
| 1996 | #268 | 1,073 | — | |
| 1995 | #276 | 999 | — | |
| 1994 | #260 | 1,078 | — | |
| 1993 | #255 | 1,086 | — | |
| 1992 | #273 | 1,035 | — | |
| 1991 | #292 | 959 | — | |
| 1990 | #277 | 998 | — | |
| 1989 | #290 | 897 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #318 | 780 | — | |
| 1987 | #323 | 753 | — | |
| 1986 | #295 | 828 | — | |
| 1985 | #298 | 823 | — | |
| 1984 | #297 | 797 | — | |
| 1983 | #309 | 744 | — | |
| 1982 | #311 | 789 | — | |
| 1981 | #286 | 848 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #266 | 944 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #236 | 1,090 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #388 | 536 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #408 | 506 | — | |
| 1976 | #466 | 406 | — | |
| 1975 | #482 | 381 | — | |
| 1974 | #510 | 340 | — | |
| 1973 | #481 | 372 | — | |
| 1972 | #552 | 301 | — | |
| 1971 | #544 | 331 | — | |
| 1970 | #529 | 358 | — | |
| 1969 | #598 | 276 | — | |
| 1968 | #629 | 235 | — | |
| 1967 | #701 | 195 | — | |
| 1966 | #874 | 131 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,089 | 92 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,145 | 92 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,218 | 81 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,690 | 45 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,533 | 54 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,695 | 44 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,617 | 45 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,657 | 42 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,651 | 19 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,321 | 23 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,378 | 21 | — | |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 | — | |
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| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 | — | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | — | |
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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 2004
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Hawaii#206 · 1 in 611
- Connecticut#219 · 1 in 1,025
- South Carolina#220 · 1 in 951
- Maine#224 · 1 in 885
- Ohio#245 · 1 in 1,224
Best ever in a state: #80 in North Dakota, 1984.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #206 | 6 | 1 in 611 |
| Connecticut | #219 | 14 | 1 in 1,025 |
| South Carolina | #220 | 18 | 1 in 951 |
| Maine | #224 | 5 | 1 in 885 |
| Ohio | #245 | 47 | 1 in 1,224 |
| Tennessee | #247 | 27 | 1 in 1,128 |
| Utah | #248 | 18 | 1 in 1,014 |
| West Virginia | #249 | 7 | 1 in 1,025 |
| Kansas | #250 | 13 | 1 in 1,042 |
| Oklahoma | #269 | 15 | 1 in 1,124 |
| New Mexico | #272 | 8 | 1 in 1,020 |
| Arkansas | #278 | 10 | 1 in 1,204 |
| Florida | #288 | 56 | 1 in 1,464 |
| Oregon | #288 | 14 | 1 in 1,136 |
| Michigan | #292 | 32 | 1 in 1,508 |
| Washington | #293 | 23 | 1 in 1,251 |
| Louisiana | #296 | 16 | 1 in 1,299 |
| Idaho | #299 | 6 | 1 in 1,077 |
| Indiana | #310 | 22 | 1 in 1,478 |
| Missouri | #313 | 19 | 1 in 1,494 |
| New York | #314 | 58 | 1 in 1,673 |
| Kentucky | #324 | 14 | 1 in 1,391 |
| Arizona | #330 | 24 | 1 in 1,434 |
| Iowa | #330 | 9 | 1 in 1,508 |
| Nevada | #334 | 9 | 1 in 1,201 |
| Nebraska | #337 | 6 | 1 in 1,399 |
| Maryland | #342 | 15 | 1 in 1,634 |
| Wisconsin | #346 | 15 | 1 in 1,659 |
| Colorado | #354 | 16 | 1 in 1,543 |
| California | #360 | 126 | 1 in 1,816 |
| Illinois | #365 | 38 | 1 in 1,802 |
| Massachusetts | #372 | 14 | 1 in 2,093 |
| Alabama | #376 | 11 | 1 in 1,760 |
| North Carolina | #384 | 23 | 1 in 1,933 |
| Minnesota | #385 | 13 | 1 in 2,020 |
| Texas | #385 | 79 | 1 in 2,016 |
| Mississippi | #391 | 7 | 1 in 1,674 |
| Pennsylvania | #409 | 25 | 1 in 2,217 |
| New Jersey | #433 | 18 | 1 in 2,312 |
| Georgia | #437 | 23 | 1 in 2,197 |
| Virginia | #441 | 16 | 1 in 2,311 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| North Dakota | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 14 | #3,593 (1948) | #4,419 |
| 1950s | 203 | #1,617 (1959) | #2,590 |
| 1960s | 1,245 | #598 (1969) | #1,117 |
| 1970s | 4,621 | #236 (1979) | #460 |
| 1980s | 8,203 | #266 (1980) | #299 |
| 1990s | 10,803 | #243 (1997) | #267 |
| 2000s | 9,444 | #279 (2000) | #345 |
| 2010s | 3,268 | #512 (2010) | #919 |
| 2020s | 790 | #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 2004
girls
#333
955 births · 1 in 1,923 girls
Top girls' names in 2004
More about 2004
girls
1,836,250 girls got a published name in 2004; 1 in 1,923 of them was named Alissa, which outranked 98.2% of the 18,835 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).