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Alyssa

Girls' name · Millennial-era

Living in the US
~310,600 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#453 among girls
Births in 2025
680 315,038 since 1880
Typical age
25 years, median

Alyssa popularity over time

Alyssa rank by birth year, 1950–2025Alyssa ranked #5,301 in 1950 and #453 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #11, in 1998.#10#100#1,000#453best #11 in 19981960198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1950–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Alyssa in 1999 than in any other year — 14,050 of them. 1950 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. It has held a top-100 place in 30 separate years.

As of 2025 the name sits at #453, with 680 births that year. Over ten years the count has fallen 79%. Year on year the rank dropped by 54.

Babies named Alyssa per yearPeaks at 14,050 births in 1999.14,050 in 199901960198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Alyssa?

An estimated 310,600 living Americans are called Alyssa. That is out of 315,038 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Alyssa?

The typical living Alyssa is 25 years old. Most living bearers were born in the 1990s. By the site’s era rules that makes Alyssa a millennial-era name.

Your Alyssa

Ages of living people named AlyssaHalf of living Alyssas are older than 25 and half younger.median 250204060
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Alyssa is most common

Alyssa is 2.4× as common in Alaska as it is nationally. California, Nevada and Arizona follow.

Where Alyssa is used more than average5 states use the name Alyssa more than the national average.Alaska: 2.4× the national rateAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: 1.4× the national rateNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: 1.4× the national rateCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.7× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: 1.4× the national rateAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Alyssa is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Alaska 47 2.4×
California 2,794 1.7×
Nevada 137 1.4×
Arizona 374 1.4×
Connecticut 152 1.4×

Alyssa in England and Wales

ONS recorded 133 births named Alyssa in 2025, ranking it #325. That is 42% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Alyssa comes from

A 20th-century invention. Possible origins: * From alyssum + a. From Alicia, of Germanic origin. From Elissa.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Alyssa

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Alyssa Milano American actress 1972 67
Alyssa Diaz American film and television actress 1985 31
Alyssa Naeher American soccer player 1988 26
Alyssa Sutherland Australian actress and model 1982 22
Alyssa Thomas American basketball player 1992 20
Alyssa Campanella American model 1990 17
Alyssa Carson American space enthusiast 2001 17
Alyssa Healy Australian cricketer 1990 15
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 3,235 in 1986 to 5,152 in 1987 — 1.6 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Alyssa

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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