Alysa

#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births

Peak · girls
2001 · 325 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,050
since 1953

Alysa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Alysa has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #737, 2001girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#10,1079
2024#7,59414
2023#6,92216
2022#6,22919
2021#8,02413
2020#6,62917
2019#5,30624
2018#4,88927
2017#4,92227
2016#4,08336
2015#3,21151
2014#2,78162
2013#2,50871
2012#2,14588
2011#1,804112
2010#1,696124
2009#1,561144
2008#1,286193
2007#1,037254
2006#1,045245
2005#840302
2004#823302
2003#851284
2002#808286
2001#737325
2000#768297
1999#831259
1998#775277
1997#767274
1996#840237
1995#886214
1994#860228
1993#892216
1992#865228
1991#967194
1990#900213
1989#1,004172
1988#1,077146
1987#1,209119
1986#1,50582
1985#1,69168
1984#1,90555
1983#2,23643
1982#2,11548
1981#2,26544
1980#2,30842
1979#1,79560
1978#2,19142
1977#2,66631
1976#2,13540
1975#2,96924
1974#2,83525
1973#2,75325
1972#2,90323
1971#2,95523
1970#2,01741
1969#2,05837
1968#2,48225
1967#2,11731
1966#3,14816
1965#2,83319
1964#4,09611
1963#3,06617
1962#4,26310
1961#5,8516
1960#4,18410
1959#3,61912
1958#4,1939
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1955#5,2086
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1953#5,0406
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First appearance
1953

The first year at least five girls were named Alysa! It came in at #5,040, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1954, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Alysa is popular in 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #420 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,492 girlsMNIllinois: #593 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 4,618 girlsILWisconsin: #515 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,190 girlsWIMichigan: #608 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,206 girlsMINew York: #1,049 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 10,171 girlsNYMassachusetts: #740 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,747 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedIAIndiana: #753 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,035 girlsINOhio: #901 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 10,128 girlsOHPennsylvania: #502 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 4,270 girlsPANew Jersey: #767 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,852 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #951 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 8,201 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedUTColorado: #590 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,154 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedNEMissouri: #466 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,650 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedDEArizona: #755 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,252 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedALGeorgia: #736 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,095 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedHITexas: #1,529 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 17,198 girlsTXFlorida: #1,250 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 13,188 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Minnesota#420 · 1 in 3,492
  2. Missouri#466 · 1 in 3,650
  3. Pennsylvania#502 · 1 in 4,270
  4. Wisconsin#515 · 1 in 4,190
  5. Colorado#590 · 1 in 4,154

Best ever in a state: #246 in West Virginia, 1997.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#42081 in 3,492
Missouri#46691 in 3,650
Pennsylvania#502171 in 4,270
Wisconsin#51571 in 4,190
Colorado#59051 in 4,154
Illinois#593171 in 4,618
Michigan#608121 in 5,206
Georgia#73671 in 6,095
Massachusetts#74051 in 7,747
Indiana#75351 in 7,035
Arizona#75551 in 5,252
New Jersey#76771 in 6,852
Ohio#90171 in 10,128
California#951321 in 8,201
New York#1,049121 in 10,171
Florida#1,25061 in 13,188
Texas#1,52981 in 17,198
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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 Alysa
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 2,513 spots since 2024 (#7,594 → #10,107)
  • 3,478 spots since 2020 (#6,629 → #10,107)
  • 6,896 spots since 2015 (#3,211 → #10,107)
  • Biggest jump: 104 spots in 1990 (#1,004 → #900)
  • Biggest drop: 205 spots in 2006 (#840 → #1,045)
Rise & fade · girls
48 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1953
  • Peaked 2001 at #737 (325 births)
  • Births halved by 2009, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1990–2005
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,540
  • Highest: 1 in 5,540 girls born in 2001 were named Alysa (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 37.3% of all girls named Alysa (2,632) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s33#3,619 (1959)#4,515
1960s182#2,058 (1969)#3,410
1970s334#1,795 (1979)#2,522
1980s819#1,004 (1989)#1,732
1990s2,340#767 (1997)#858
2000s2,632#737 (2001)#976
2010s622#1,696 (2010)#3,335
2020s88#6,229 (2022)#7,584

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.

Alysa in 1990

girls
#900
213 births · 1 in 8,913 girls

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #900Alysa213
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 8,913 of them was named Alysa, which outranked 94.1% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alysa
  1. #897Lakeshia214
  2. #897Lissette214
  3. #897Richelle214
  4. #900Alysa213
  5. #900Jessenia213
  6. #900Joana213
  7. #900Katheryn213
  8. #905Catrina212
  9. #905Gabriel212
  10. #905Lourdes212

Tied with 4 names at #900; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

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

See the top 100 for 1990 →