Alyssa

#453 for girls in 2025, 680 births · Last seen for boys in 2014 at #8,781
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1999 · 14,036 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
30 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
314,606
since 1950

Alyssa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #11, 1999girls
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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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2025#453680—
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2022#2881,099—
2021#2331,301—
2020#1991,472—
2019#1711,699—
2018#1501,884—
2017#1332,241—
2016#1192,680—
2015#933,255—
2014#763,849#8,7818
2013#574,214#12,1365
2012#445,091—
2011#376,029#12,2875
2010#216,993#9,6937
2009#197,980#9,8647
2008#169,653#6,07014
2007#1411,275#5,21017
2006#1910,177#7,9989
2005#1610,891#4,82417
2004#1412,109#2,45245
2003#1412,750#6,71510
2002#1212,847#4,18819
2001#1413,272#5,39013
2000#1213,553#4,78515
1999#1114,036#4,76214
1998#1113,709#6,3149
1997#1512,649#3,60119
1996#2311,024#5,53510
1995#2710,100#4,79112
1994#2610,602#6,3728
1993#2611,031#3,24620
1992#3010,163#4,87211
1991#3010,678#3,63616
1990#2711,263#3,60716
1989#339,042#2,24530
1988#477,135#2,59922
1987#605,136#3,07216
1986#853,225#4,13010
1985#1302,258#5,7856
1984#1801,538#3,70111
1983#2091,201—
1982#2301,109—
1981#2281,128—
1980#2171,180#6,2505
1979#2231,174#5,3556
1978#290801—
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First appearance
1950

The first year at least five girls were named Alyssa! It came in at #5,301, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1950–1952, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Alyssa is popular in 1968

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #469 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,623 girlsMNIllinois: #956 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 13,945 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedWIMichigan: #497 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,961 girlsMINew York: #350 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 2,233 girlsNYMassachusetts: #423 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,628 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #825 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 14,036 girlsPANew Jersey: #465 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,022 girlsNJConnecticut: #305 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,036 girlsCTCalifornia: #748 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 7,690 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedVAMaryland: #515 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,056 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedALGeorgia: #683 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,531 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedHITexas: #1,303 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 18,786 girlsTXFlorida: #782 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,449 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Connecticut#305 · 1 in 2,036
  2. New York#350 · 1 in 2,233
  3. Massachusetts#423 · 1 in 4,628
  4. New Jersey#465 · 1 in 4,022
  5. Minnesota#469 · 1 in 5,623

Best ever in a state: #1 in New Mexico, 2003.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Connecticut#305101 in 2,036
New York#350611 in 2,233
Massachusetts#42391 in 4,628
New Jersey#465121 in 4,022
Minnesota#46951 in 5,623
Michigan#497141 in 4,961
Maryland#51551 in 5,056
Georgia#68351 in 7,531
California#748201 in 7,690
Florida#78251 in 8,449
Pennsylvania#82561 in 14,036
Illinois#95661 in 13,945
Texas#1,30351 in 18,786
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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 Alyssa
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 54 spots since 2024 (#399 → #453)
  • 254 spots since 2020 (#199 → #453)
  • 360 spots since 2015 (#93 → #453)
  • Biggest jump: 231 spots in 1963 (#1,184 → #953)
  • Biggest drop: 65 spots in 2024 (#334 → #399)
Rise & fade · girls
49 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1950
  • Peaked 1999 at #11 (14,036 births)
  • Births halved by 2010, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 30 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 30 yrs · run 1986–2015
  • Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1963–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 126
  • Highest: 1 in 126 girls born in 1999 were named Alyssa (0.79%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,364 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 36.6% of all girls named Alyssa (115,255) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s98#1,881 (1959)#3,751
1960s1,503#499 (1969)#914
1970s6,079#223 (1979)#383
1980s32,952#33 (1989)#142
1990s115,255#11 (1999)#23
2000s114,507#12 (2000)#15
2010s37,935#21 (2010)#90
2020s6,277#199 (2020)#318

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.

Alyssa in 1968

girls
#687
199 births · 1 in 8,243 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. #687Alyssa199
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 8,243 of them was named Alyssa, which outranked 91.6% 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 Alyssa
  1. #684Althea202
  2. #684Caren202
  3. #686Frankie201
  4. #687Alyssa199
  5. #688Eunice198
  6. #688Selina198
  7. #690Tena197
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 →