How Many People Are Named Lyssa?
people named Lyssa are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 237,515 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,492 babies named Lyssa in Social Security records from 1947 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
ππ Very Rare
Peak Year
80 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of ALYSSA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Lyssa in English. Counting Lyssa and these spellings together, about 5,021 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Lyssa in the records were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Lyssa alive today is about 33 years old, and 54% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 23 and 40 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Lyssa first appears in the records in 1947 and was given most often in 1992, to 80 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1947 to 2024
π Rank History
Lyssa has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,701, in 1985.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,701 (1985) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,931 in the 1990s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Lyssa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lyssa were born in Texas than in any other state: about 67 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lyssa was given 4.9 times as often in Texas and 2.5 times in California.
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