NameTides

Alissa

Alissa was the #1,942 girls' name in the US in 2025 (99 babies), and #1,407 in England & Wales and #1,768 in Canada.

Alissa as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Alissa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Alissa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,942 (99)#1,407 (22)———#1,768 (13)
2024#1,553 (137)#1,262 (26)——#504 (7)#1,949 (11)
2023#1,681 (123)#1,108 (30)#749 (3)—#727 (4)#1,312 (18)
2022#1,648 (128)#1,023 (33)———#993 (26)
2021#1,441 (149)#936 (37)———#925 (30)
2020#1,418 (154)#807 (45)———#1,020 (25)
2019#1,446 (153)#955 (37)#493 (6)—#871 (3)#922 (29)
2018#1,186 (202)#778 (49)#809 (3)——#1,301 (18)
2017#1,114 (226)#899 (42)#570 (5)—#734 (4)#794 (35)
2016#1,132 (224)#822 (46)———#949 (28)
2015#937 (289)#674 (60)#653 (4)—#660 (5)#758 (37)
2014#855 (322)#731 (54)#802 (3)——#847 (32)
2013#727 (377)#712 (56)#319 (12)——#724 (39)
2012#676 (416)#573 (74)#426 (8)—#907 (3)#613 (47)
2011#607 (474)#583 (69)#674 (4)—#695 (5)#595 (48)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1997 at #243.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1948.

How common is it?

about 1 in 16,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 16,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Alissa is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 16,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 13,000 to 1 in 20,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alissa by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,654NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,409CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,224TXFlorida: #1,887FL
Alissa (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#5917
Ontario2024#1,5856

Alissa (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AlissaCanadaGirls#1,76813
AlissaEngland & WalesGirls#1,40722
AlissaIrelandGirls—too few
AlissaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AlissaScotlandGirls—too few
AlissaUSGirls#1,94299
AlissaUSBoys—too few