How Many People Are Named Alyssa?
people named Alyssa are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,102 people in the US has this name
Based on 315,038 babies named Alyssa in Social Security records from 1950 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
14,050 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of ALICIA. The spelling has probably been influenced by that of the alyssum flower, the name of which is derived from Greek α (a), a negative prefix, combined with λυσσα (lyssa) "madness, rabies", since it was believed to cure madness.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Alyssa in English. Counting Alyssa and these spellings together, about 366,719 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Alyssa (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Alyssa alive today is about 25 years old, and 67% are under 30. Half of them were between 19 and 32 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Alyssa first appears in the records in 1950 and was given most often in 1999, to 14,050 babies. In 2025, 680 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1950 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Alyssa never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #11, in 1998 to 1999, and it was in the top 100 for 30 years, 1986 to 2015. In 2025 it ranked #453.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #453 |
| Best rank | #11 (1998 to 1999) |
| Years in the top 100 | 30 (1986 to 2015) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #21 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Alyssa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Alyssa were born in California than in any other state: about 44,964 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Alyssa was given about 1.5 times as often in Hawaii, North Dakota and New Mexico.
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