NameTides

Alyssa

Alyssa was the #453 girls' name in the US in 2025 (680 babies), and #325 in England & Wales and #288 in Canada.

Alyssa as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Alyssa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandCanadaScotlandIrelandEngland & WalesUS
Alyssa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#453 (680)#325 (133)#284 (12)#259 (6)#325 (12)#288 (108)——
2024#399 (795)#285 (158)#171 (24)#337 (4)#372 (10)#255 (117)——
2023#334 (930)#241 (188)#185 (22)#237 (7)#339 (11)#214 (131)——
2022#288 (1,099)#224 (211)#163 (26)#354 (4)#186 (25)#204 (141)——
2021#233 (1,301)#211 (240)#198 (21)#206 (9)#204 (23)#127 (213)—#94 (63)
2020#199 (1,472)#213 (231)#257 (14)#246 (6)#315 (13)#106 (235)——
2019#171 (1,699)#255 (189)#144 (32)#336 (4)#235 (20)#101 (252)#75 (93)—
2018#150 (1,884)#229 (218)#143 (33)#238 (7)#267 (17)#90 (295)#82 (84)#77 (71)
2017#133 (2,241)#242 (208)#210 (21)#180 (11)#219 (23)#91 (296)#91 (78)—
2016#119 (2,680)#198 (268)#216 (20)#137 (16)#181 (29)#72 (369)#75 (95)#88 (63)
2015#93 (3,255)#190 (291)#160 (28)#161 (14)#172 (33)#64 (410)#61 (112)#61 (75)
2014#76 (3,849)#188 (283)#124 (39)#247 (7)#213 (25)#60 (431)#70 (103)#62 (79)
2013#57 (4,214)#161 (321)#112 (42)#218 (9)#232 (23)#41 (519)#64 (106)#76 (71)
2012#44 (5,091)#161 (322)#95 (52)#146 (13)#199 (28)#39 (523)#56 (125)#69 (73)
2011#37 (6,029)#160 (326)#95 (50)#277 (6)#258 (20)#35 (589)#55 (121)#56 (80)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1999 at #11.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1950.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,400 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 2,400uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Alyssa is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,800 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,700 to 1 in 2,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alyssa by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #612WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #617WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #459MNIllinois: #597ILMichigan: #690MINew York: #388NYMassachusetts: #334MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #433NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #444INOhio: #878OHPennsylvania: #615PANew Jersey: #422NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #241CAUtah: #704UTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #640MOKentucky: #364KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #541VAMaryland: #549MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #578AZNew Mexico: #249NMKansas: #404KSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #568TNNorth Carolina: #489NCSouth Carolina: #688SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #619OKLouisiana: #477LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #520ALGeorgia: #560GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #338TXFlorida: #304FL
Alyssa (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#16734
Ontario2024#33937

Alyssa (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
AlyssaCanadaGirls#288108
AlyssaEngland & WalesGirls#325133
AlyssaIrelandGirls#32512
AlyssaNorthern IrelandGirls#2596
AlyssaNSWGirls—too few
AlyssaScotlandGirls#28412
AlyssaUSGirls#453680
AlyssaUSBoys—too few
AlyssaVICGirls—too few