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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201975peak #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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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 1975

  • 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: #226 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,168 girlsWAIdaho: 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: #199 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,150 girlsMNIllinois: #455 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 3,167 girlsILWisconsin: #284 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,112 girlsWIMichigan: #354 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 2,532 girlsMINew York: #296 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 1,697 girlsNYMassachusetts: #135 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 700 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedRIOregon: #268 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,452 girlsORNevada: 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: #302 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,163 girlsIAIndiana: #344 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,455 girlsINOhio: #383 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,889 girlsOHPennsylvania: #284 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 1,807 girlsPANew Jersey: #227 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,241 girlsNJConnecticut: #244 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,382 girlsCTCalifornia: #464 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 2,884 girlsCAUtah: #261 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,372 girlsUTColorado: #300 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,578 girlsCONebraska: #244 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,351 girlsNEMissouri: #416 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,236 girlsMOKentucky: #456 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,900 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedVAMaryland: #382 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,526 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedDEArizona: #398 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,166 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedNMKansas: #395 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,514 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedARTennessee: #525 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,405 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #280 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,177 girlsDCOklahoma: #414 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,657 girlsOKLouisiana: 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: #482 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,440 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Alyssa, so not publishedHITexas: #487 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 3,088 girlsTXFlorida: #471 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,180 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Massachusetts#135 · 1 in 700
  2. Minnesota#199 · 1 in 1,150
  3. Washington#226 · 1 in 1,168
  4. New Jersey#227 · 1 in 1,241
  5. Nebraska#244 · 1 in 1,351

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Massachusetts#135421 in 700
Minnesota#199211 in 1,150
Washington#226171 in 1,168
New Jersey#227291 in 1,241
Connecticut#244101 in 1,382
Nebraska#24471 in 1,351
Utah#26191 in 1,372
Oregon#26891 in 1,452
District of Columbia#28051 in 1,177
Pennsylvania#284361 in 1,807
Wisconsin#284131 in 2,112
New York#296601 in 1,697
Colorado#300101 in 1,578
Iowa#30281 in 2,163
Indiana#344141 in 2,455
Michigan#354221 in 2,532
Maryland#38271 in 2,526
Ohio#383241 in 2,889
Kansas#39551 in 2,514
Arizona#39871 in 2,166
Oklahoma#41461 in 2,657
Missouri#41691 in 3,236
Illinois#455221 in 3,167
Kentucky#45661 in 3,900
California#464481 in 2,884
Florida#471131 in 3,180
Georgia#48291 in 3,440
Texas#487311 in 3,088
Tennessee#52561 in 4,405
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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 1975

girls
#372
558 births · 1 in 2,613 girls

Top girls' names in 1975

  1. #1Jennifer58,190
  2. #2Amy32,254
  3. #3Heather24,301
  4. #4Melissa24,168
  5. #5Angela23,361
  6. #6Michelle22,665
  7. #7Kimberly20,257
  8. #8Lisa18,139
  9. #9Stephanie15,775
  10. #10Nicole14,275
  11. #372Alyssa558
More about 1975

girls

1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 2,613 of them was named Alyssa, which outranked 96.5% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alyssa
  1. #368Wendi563
  2. #370Gail560
  3. #370Marisa560
  4. #372Alyssa558
  5. #373Michael557
  6. #374Faith556
  7. #375Angelique555
Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,732Pepper#2,683 → #951
  2. ↑ 1,666Mandie#2,396 → #730
  3. ↑ 1,140Tiana#1,772 → #632
  4. ↑ 779Lacy#1,486 → #707
  5. ↑ 719Lacey#1,284 → #565
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Nia#672 → #1,119
  2. ↓ 429Alethea#716 → #1,145
  3. ↓ 404Cicely#608 → #1,012
  4. ↓ 307Elaina#994 → #1,301
  5. ↓ 303Cristin#938 → #1,241

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

See the top 100 for 1975 →