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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202003peak #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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#453680
2024#399795
2023#334930
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
1977#315759
1976#327681
1975#372558
1974#419467
1973#433449
1972#504344
1971#479402
1970#467444
1969#499380
1968#687199
1967#847143
1966#856137
1965#933119
1964#977118
1963#953123
1962#1,18486
1961#1,18487
1960#1,020111
1959#1,88135
1958#2,58120
1957#3,30913
1956#3,49312
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1953#5,0406
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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.

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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 2003

girls
#14
12,750 births · 1 in 143 girls
boys
#6,715
10 births · 1 in 197,535 boys

Top girls' names in 2003

  1. #1Emily25,693
  2. #2Emma22,719
  3. #3Madison20,201
  4. #4Hannah17,638
  5. #5Olivia16,154
  6. #6Abigail15,932
  7. #7Alexis14,867
  8. #8Ashley14,519
  9. #9Elizabeth14,123
  10. #10Samantha13,870
  11. #14Alyssa12,750

Top boys' names in 2003

  1. #1Jacob29,658
  2. #2Michael27,129
  3. #3Joshua25,106
  4. #4Matthew24,011
  5. #5Andrew22,162
  6. #6Joseph21,394
  7. #7Ethan21,362
  8. #8Daniel21,072
  9. #9Christopher20,753
  10. #10Anthony20,149
  11. #6,715Alyssa10
More about 2003

girls

1,827,145 girls got a published name in 2003; 1 in 143 of them was named Alyssa, which outranked 99.9% of the 18,439 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alyssa
  1. #11Sarah13,785
  2. #12Isabella13,781
  3. #13Grace12,781
  4. #14Alyssa12,750
  5. #15Lauren11,051
  6. #16Kayla10,957
  7. #17Brianna10,584
Biggest movers since 2002
Risers
  1. 1,689Laci#2,126#437
  2. 1,528Karyme#2,467#939
  3. 1,500Roselyn#2,467#967
  4. 1,326Kaydence#2,310#984
  5. 1,170Sherlyn#2,081#911
Fallers
  1. 481Odalys#951#1,432
  2. 400Kari#975#1,375
  3. 334Litzy#501#835
  4. 289Alysha#960#1,249
  5. 252Roxana#861#1,113

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

boys

1,975,349 boys got a published name in 2003; 1 in 197,535 of them was named Alyssa, which outranked 47.4% of the 12,761 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alyssa
  1. #6,258Zaylan11
  2. #6,258Zohair11
  3. #6,258Zuhair11
  4. #6,715Alyssa10
  5. #6,715Aadam10
  6. #6,715Aadarsh10
  7. #6,715Aalijah10
  8. #7,245Aarin9
  9. #7,245Abdi9
  10. #7,245Abhimanyu9

Tied with 529 names at #6,715; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2002
Risers
  1. 790Maddox#1,372#582
  2. 762Jahir#1,571#809
  3. 519Yair#1,236#717
  4. 450Jamarion#1,094#644
  5. 413Aydan#1,154#741
Fallers
  1. 819Lisandro#898#1,717
  2. 621Shemar#970#1,591
  3. 362Jaheem#891#1,253
  4. 337Keandre#998#1,335
  5. 334Savion#568#902

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

See the top 100 for 2003