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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015peak #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
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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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1953#4,2268—
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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 2015

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedWAIdaho: 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: #1,162 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 7,316 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedWIMichigan: #775 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,219 girlsMINew York: #885 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 5,073 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedRIOregon: #670 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,046 girlsORNevada: 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: #893 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,278 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,399 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,559 girlsPANew Jersey: #1,056 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,194 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #706 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 3,949 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: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedMOKentucky: #629 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,094 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedWVVirginia: #948 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,354 girlsVAMaryland: #632 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,013 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedDEArizona: #1,093 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,180 girlsAZNew 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: #675 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,462 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #817 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,540 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: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedMSAlabama: #385 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,639 girlsALGeorgia: #1,317 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,116 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Alissa, so not publishedHITexas: #927 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 5,473 girlsTXFlorida: #608 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 3,184 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alabama#385 · 1 in 1,639
  2. Florida#608 · 1 in 3,184
  3. Kentucky#629 · 1 in 3,094
  4. Maryland#632 · 1 in 3,013
  5. Oregon#670 · 1 in 3,046

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#385121 in 1,639
Florida#608271 in 3,184
Kentucky#62961 in 3,094
Maryland#63281 in 3,013
Oregon#67051 in 3,046
Tennessee#67591 in 3,462
California#706521 in 3,949
Michigan#775101 in 4,219
North Carolina#817101 in 4,540
New York#885181 in 5,073
Ohio#893101 in 5,278
Texas#927311 in 5,473
Virginia#94871 in 5,354
New Jersey#1,05661 in 6,194
Arizona#1,09351 in 6,180
Illinois#1,16281 in 7,316
Georgia#1,31761 in 8,116
Pennsylvania#1,39951 in 10,559
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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 2015

girls
#937
289 births · 1 in 6,177 girls

Top girls' names in 2015

  1. #1Emma20,487
  2. #2Olivia19,729
  3. #3Sophia17,454
  4. #4Ava16,416
  5. #5Isabella15,667
  6. #6Mia14,943
  7. #7Abigail12,422
  8. #8Emily11,808
  9. #9Charlotte11,415
  10. #10Harper10,311
  11. #937Alissa289
More about 2015

girls

1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 6,177 of them was named Alissa, which outranked 95.1% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alissa
  1. #933Dixie290
  2. #933Jaylin290
  3. #933Kyndall290
  4. #937Alissa289
  5. #937Cherish289
  6. #937Veda289
  7. #937Yaritza289
  8. #941Azaria288
  9. #941Kaelynn288
  10. #941Tabitha288

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

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,984Alaia#2,648 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,835Meilani#2,781 → #946
  3. ↑ 1,733Aitana#2,648 → #915
  4. ↑ 1,387Aislinn#2,351 → #964
  5. ↑ 1,072Taya#2,049 → #977
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Isis#703 → #1,778
  2. ↓ 502Annabell#923 → #1,425
  3. ↓ 500Anabel#911 → #1,411
  4. ↓ 344Cindy#711 → #1,055
  5. ↓ 334Anabella#529 → #863

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

See the top 100 for 2015 →