How Many People Are Named Alissa?
people named Alissa are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 9,087 people in the US has this name
Based on 38,622 babies named Alissa in Social Security records from 1948 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
π Rare
Peak Year
1,231 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of ALYSSA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Alissa in English. Counting Alissa and these spellings together, about 366,719 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Alissa (99.9%) were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Alissa alive today is about 31 years old, and 51% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 22 and 41 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Alissa first appears in the records in 1948 and was given most often in 1998, to 1,231 babies. In 2025, 99 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1948 to 2025
π Rank History
Alissa has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #236, in 1979. In 2025 it ranked #1,942.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,942 |
| Best rank | #236 (1979) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #258 in the 1990s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Alissa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Alissa were born in California than in any other state: about 4,878 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Alissa was given 1.9 times as often in Iowa, 1.8 times in Minnesota and 1.7 times in Wisconsin.
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