How popular is the name Alyssa?

Alyssa ranks 117th among girls' names in US records, with 359,741 births since 1948. Over the past decade it accounts for 19,374.

Is Alyssa a unisex name?

No. Alyssa is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1999, when 15,512 children were given the name. It has been in use for 77 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Alissa. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#117 of girl names

Pronounced AH0 L IH1 S AH0 (ARPABET)

Alyssa is a girls' name, and first appears in 1948. It has been given to 359,741 children — the 117th most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 77% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1999, when 15,512 children were given it.

Alissa is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

1999Girls: 15,512Boys: 14

These spellings sound identical to Alyssa and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Alyssa?: Alyssa ranks 117th among girls' names in US records, with 359,741 births since 1948. Over the past decade it accounts for 19,374.
Is Alyssa a unisex name?: No. Alyssa is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Alyssa most popular?: 1999, when 15,512 children were given the name. It has been in use for 77 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Alyssa spelled?: Alissa. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.