How Many People Are Named Ilyssa?
people named Ilyssa are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 443,300 people in the US has this name
Based on 786 babies named Ilyssa in Social Security records from 1965 to 2021, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
41 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ilyssa in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ilyssa alive today is about 27 years old, and 61% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 35 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ilyssa first appears in the records in 1965 and was given most often in 2004, to 41 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2021.
Babies given the name each year, 1965 to 2021
🏆 Rank History
Ilyssa has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #3,583, in 2004.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #3,583 (2004) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,235 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ilyssa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ilyssa were born in New York than in any other state: about 96 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ilyssa was given about 9.2 times as often in New York.
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