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
- Peak · girls
- 1999 · 14,036 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 30 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 314,606since 1950
Alyssa over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #453 | 680 | — | |
| 2024 | #399 | 795 | — | |
| 2023 | #334 | 930 | — | |
| 2022 | #288 | 1,099 | — | |
| 2021 | #233 | 1,301 | — | |
| 2020 | #199 | 1,472 | — | |
| 2019 | #171 | 1,699 | — | |
| 2018 | #150 | 1,884 | — | |
| 2017 | #133 | 2,241 | — | |
| 2016 | #119 | 2,680 | — | |
| 2015 | #93 | 3,255 | — | |
| 2014 | #76 | 3,849 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #57 | 4,214 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #44 | 5,091 | — | |
| 2011 | #37 | 6,029 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #21 | 6,993 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #19 | 7,980 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #16 | 9,653 | #6,070 | 14 |
| 2007 | #14 | 11,275 | #5,210 | 17 |
| 2006 | #19 | 10,177 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | #16 | 10,891 | #4,824 | 17 |
| 2004 | #14 | 12,109 | #2,452 | 45 |
| 2003 | #14 | 12,750 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #12 | 12,847 | #4,188 | 19 |
| 2001 | #14 | 13,272 | #5,390 | 13 |
| 2000 | #12 | 13,553 | #4,785 | 15 |
| 1999 | #11 | 14,036 | #4,762 | 14 |
| 1998 | #11 | 13,709 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #15 | 12,649 | #3,601 | 19 |
| 1996 | #23 | 11,024 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | #27 | 10,100 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #26 | 10,602 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #26 | 11,031 | #3,246 | 20 |
| 1992 | #30 | 10,163 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #30 | 10,678 | #3,636 | 16 |
| 1990 | #27 | 11,263 | #3,607 | 16 |
| 1989 | #33 | 9,042 | #2,245 | 30 |
| 1988 | #47 | 7,135 | #2,599 | 22 |
| 1987 | #60 | 5,136 | #3,072 | 16 |
| 1986 | #85 | 3,225 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #130 | 2,258 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #180 | 1,538 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #209 | 1,201 | — | |
| 1982 | #230 | 1,109 | — | |
| 1981 | #228 | 1,128 | — | |
| 1980 | #217 | 1,180 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #223 | 1,174 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #290 | 801 | — | |
| 1977 | #315 | 759 | — | |
| 1976 | #327 | 681 | — | |
| 1975 | #372 | 558 | — | |
| 1974 | #419 | 467 | — | |
| 1973 | #433 | 449 | — | |
| 1972 | #504 | 344 | — | |
| 1971 | #479 | 402 | — | |
| 1970 | #467 | 444 | — | |
| 1969 | #499 | 380 | — | |
| 1968 | #687 | 199 | — | |
| 1967 | #847 | 143 | — | |
| 1966 | #856 | 137 | — | |
| 1965 | #933 | 119 | — | |
| 1964 | #977 | 118 | — | |
| 1963 | #953 | 123 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,184 | 86 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,184 | 87 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,020 | 111 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,881 | 35 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,581 | 20 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 | — | |
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| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | — | |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | — | |
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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 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Vermont#67 · 1 in 247
- Rhode Island#92 · 1 in 373
- New Hampshire#99 · 1 in 401
- Minnesota#102 · 1 in 463
- Massachusetts#109 · 1 in 511
Best ever in a state: #1 in New Mexico, 2003.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | #67 | 10 | 1 in 247 |
| Rhode Island | #92 | 12 | 1 in 373 |
| New Hampshire | #99 | 12 | 1 in 401 |
| Minnesota | #102 | 60 | 1 in 463 |
| Massachusetts | #109 | 60 | 1 in 511 |
| Idaho | #135 | 12 | 1 in 576 |
| Colorado | #136 | 29 | 1 in 643 |
| South Dakota | #136 | 8 | 1 in 587 |
| Pennsylvania | #137 | 98 | 1 in 698 |
| Wyoming | #140 | 5 | 1 in 572 |
| Montana | #144 | 8 | 1 in 585 |
| North Dakota | #144 | 7 | 1 in 660 |
| New Jersey | #145 | 53 | 1 in 702 |
| Oregon | #146 | 24 | 1 in 699 |
| Wisconsin | #147 | 38 | 1 in 805 |
| Iowa | #154 | 25 | 1 in 788 |
| Washington | #156 | 33 | 1 in 767 |
| Maine | #158 | 8 | 1 in 762 |
| Connecticut | #180 | 16 | 1 in 919 |
| District of Columbia | #183 | 8 | 1 in 695 |
| Nebraska | #187 | 11 | 1 in 937 |
| Michigan | #211 | 48 | 1 in 1,241 |
| Indiana | #212 | 29 | 1 in 1,250 |
| Utah | #225 | 14 | 1 in 1,148 |
| Illinois | #232 | 55 | 1 in 1,358 |
| Ohio | #232 | 51 | 1 in 1,414 |
| Maryland | #243 | 14 | 1 in 1,391 |
| Missouri | #249 | 22 | 1 in 1,468 |
| New York | #251 | 69 | 1 in 1,434 |
| California | #269 | 113 | 1 in 1,445 |
| Florida | #271 | 29 | 1 in 1,616 |
| West Virginia | #272 | 7 | 1 in 1,740 |
| Oklahoma | #274 | 12 | 1 in 1,543 |
| Arizona | #279 | 13 | 1 in 1,374 |
| New Mexico | #309 | 6 | 1 in 1,445 |
| Georgia | #321 | 17 | 1 in 1,977 |
| Mississippi | #328 | 9 | 1 in 1,732 |
| Tennessee | #333 | 13 | 1 in 2,191 |
| Kansas | #334 | 7 | 1 in 2,054 |
| Kentucky | #341 | 10 | 1 in 2,449 |
| Virginia | #343 | 13 | 1 in 2,245 |
| Texas | #412 | 42 | 1 in 2,645 |
| South Carolina | #451 | 6 | 1 in 2,874 |
| Alabama | #475 | 7 | 1 in 3,274 |
| Louisiana | #566 | 8 | 1 in 3,657 |
| North Carolina | #576 | 7 | 1 in 4,694 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1950
- Peaked 1999 at #11 (14,036 births)
- Births halved by 2010, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 30 yrs · run 1986–2015
- Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1963–2025
- Highest: 1 in 126 girls born in 1999 were named Alyssa (0.79%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,364 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
- 36.6% of all girls named Alyssa (115,255) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 98 | #1,881 (1959) | #3,751 |
| 1960s | 1,503 | #499 (1969) | #914 |
| 1970s | 6,079 | #223 (1979) | #383 |
| 1980s | 32,952 | #33 (1989) | #142 |
| 1990s | 115,255 | #11 (1999) | #23 |
| 2000s | 114,507 | #12 (2000) | #15 |
| 2010s | 37,935 | #21 (2010) | #90 |
| 2020s | 6,277 | #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 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 1,367 of them was named Alyssa, which outranked 98.1% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 286,923 of them was named Alyssa, which outranked 24.3% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,842Zebulah7
- #4,842Zeus7
- #4,842Zoltan7
- #5,355Alyssa6
- #5,355Aasim6
- #5,355Abdallah6
- #5,355Abdula6
- #6,056Aakash5
- #6,056Aarn5
- #6,056Aaryn5
Tied with 700 names at #5,355; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.