Alaysa

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Alaysa by the numbers

Alaysa was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 8 babies in 1996, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Alaysa

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Alaysa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Alaynafair, bright; a form of Alana1,373 in the US (2017)
  • Alysaof noble birth; a form of Alyssa26 in the US (2017)
  • Allysanoble; a form of Alyssa7 in the US (2017)
  • Alaya188 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alaysia216 in the US (2017)
  • Alayla115 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Alaysa

Names that are said the same way as Alaysa, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Alyssanoble or high-born2,227 in the US (2017)
  • Alisanoble kind; variant of Alice48 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alissanoble; a form of Alice222 in the US (2017)
  • Alessadefender of mankind; a form of Alessia143 in the US (2017)
  • Allyssavariant of Alyssa, noble or high-born32 in the US (2017)
  • Allissanoble; a variant of Alicia or Alyssa10 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Alaysa

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