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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201998peak #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 1998

  • 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: #666 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,054 girlsMNIllinois: #910 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,042 girlsILWisconsin: #598 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,203 girlsWIMichigan: #700 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,152 girlsMINew York: #744 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 5,301 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedMARhode 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: #612 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,135 girlsINOhio: #788 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,847 girlsOHPennsylvania: #549 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,887 girlsPANew Jersey: #877 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,914 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #768 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 5,391 girlsCAUtah: #450 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,360 girlsUTColorado: #466 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,473 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedNEMissouri: #555 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,711 girlsMOKentucky: #430 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,913 girlsKYWest 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: #908 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,842 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: #805 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,013 girlsNCSouth 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: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Alysa, so not publishedHITexas: #1,017 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 7,969 girlsTXFlorida: #704 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 4,952 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kentucky#430 · 1 in 2,913
  2. Utah#450 · 1 in 2,360
  3. Colorado#466 · 1 in 2,473
  4. Pennsylvania#549 · 1 in 3,887
  5. Missouri#555 · 1 in 3,711

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kentucky#43071 in 2,913
Utah#45071 in 2,360
Colorado#46691 in 2,473
Pennsylvania#549151 in 3,887
Missouri#55581 in 3,711
Wisconsin#59861 in 4,203
Indiana#61281 in 4,135
Minnesota#66651 in 5,054
Michigan#700101 in 5,152
Florida#704151 in 4,952
New York#744191 in 5,301
California#768411 in 5,391
Ohio#78891 in 6,847
North Carolina#80571 in 6,013
New Jersey#87761 in 6,914
Arizona#90851 in 5,842
Illinois#910101 in 7,042
Texas#1,017181 in 7,969
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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 1998

girls
#775
277 births · 1 in 6,379 girls

Top girls' names in 1998

  1. #1Emily26,188
  2. #2Hannah21,376
  3. #3Samantha20,195
  4. #4Sarah19,898
  5. #5Ashley19,875
  6. #6Alexis19,778
  7. #7Taylor18,576
  8. #8Jessica18,239
  9. #9Madison17,787
  10. #10Elizabeth15,193
  11. #775Alysa277
More about 1998

girls

1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 6,379 of them was named Alysa, which outranked 95.3% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alysa
  1. #771Fabiola279
  2. #771Jenifer279
  3. #774Joselyn278
  4. #775Alysa277
  5. #775Jacklyn277
  6. #775Makala277
  7. #775Shelbie277
  8. #779Drew276
  9. #779Erykah276
  10. #779Leanne276

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

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,123Calista#2,820 → #697
  2. ↑ 1,165Ireland#1,983 → #818
  3. ↑ 1,158Abril#2,116 → #958
  4. ↑ 755Mya#993 → #238
  5. ↑ 619Ally#1,036 → #417
Fallers
  1. ↓ 586Yulissa#424 → #1,010
  2. ↓ 462Moesha#943 → #1,405
  3. ↓ 397Yulisa#985 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 376Tonya#905 → #1,281
  5. ↓ 347Xena#765 → #1,112

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

See the top 100 for 1998 →