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 | ||
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| 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 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- California#119 · 1 in 684
- Florida#137 · 1 in 703
- District of Columbia#171 · 1 in 462
- Nevada#172 · 1 in 650
- New Jersey#174 · 1 in 775
Best ever in a state: #1 in New Mexico, 2003.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #119 | 255 | 1 in 684 |
| Florida | #137 | 119 | 1 in 703 |
| District of Columbia | #171 | 6 | 1 in 462 |
| Nevada | #172 | 15 | 1 in 650 |
| New Jersey | #174 | 47 | 1 in 775 |
| Texas | #178 | 165 | 1 in 942 |
| Arizona | #184 | 35 | 1 in 792 |
| Alabama | #194 | 24 | 1 in 795 |
| Illinois | #215 | 49 | 1 in 988 |
| North Carolina | #217 | 47 | 1 in 959 |
| Massachusetts | #223 | 26 | 1 in 956 |
| Indiana | #227 | 31 | 1 in 916 |
| New York | #227 | 75 | 1 in 1,083 |
| Mississippi | #234 | 12 | 1 in 817 |
| Louisiana | #257 | 19 | 1 in 979 |
| Connecticut | #269 | 12 | 1 in 1,002 |
| Idaho | #274 | 7 | 1 in 918 |
| Michigan | #286 | 32 | 1 in 1,198 |
| Kansas | #289 | 11 | 1 in 1,053 |
| Tennessee | #290 | 27 | 1 in 1,156 |
| Oklahoma | #299 | 13 | 1 in 1,144 |
| Kentucky | #316 | 14 | 1 in 1,216 |
| Utah | #325 | 13 | 1 in 1,302 |
| Virginia | #334 | 24 | 1 in 1,441 |
| Georgia | #348 | 32 | 1 in 1,415 |
| Nebraska | #356 | 6 | 1 in 1,210 |
| Maryland | #360 | 16 | 1 in 1,383 |
| Missouri | #373 | 16 | 1 in 1,546 |
| Arkansas | #388 | 8 | 1 in 1,360 |
| South Carolina | #396 | 12 | 1 in 1,477 |
| Washington | #405 | 17 | 1 in 1,736 |
| Ohio | #430 | 26 | 1 in 1,870 |
| Pennsylvania | #463 | 24 | 1 in 2,033 |
| Oregon | #489 | 7 | 1 in 1,963 |
| Minnesota | #520 | 10 | 1 in 2,228 |
| Colorado | #565 | 9 | 1 in 2,459 |
| Iowa | #579 | 5 | 1 in 2,338 |
| Wisconsin | #660 | 7 | 1 in 3,068 |
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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
- 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 2021
Top girls' names in 2021
More about 2021
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1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 1,261 of them was named Alyssa, which outranked 98.7% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.