Alyssa
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology.
Babies a year
2,227
the US, 2017
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#453
down from #399
UK popularity
#325
133 babies · down from #285
How Alyssa has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #93 |
| 2016 | #120 |
| 2017 | #133 |
| 2018 | #150 |
| 2019 | #170 |
| 2020 | #199 |
| 2021 | #231 |
| 2022 | #288 |
| 2023 | #333 |
| 2024 | #399 |
| 2025 | #453 |
In 2025, 133 babies in England and Wales were named Alyssa. In the US, 2,227 were, though that figure is from 2017 — the most recent full year we hold. Its US peak was 14,035 in 1999.
Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Alyssa was most common in 2000, when it went to 0.68% of American babies of that sex.
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