Alissa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LISS-a
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,460 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,942 for girls
Alissa is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble kind”. In 2025 it ranked 1,460th for girls in the UK (22 babies) and 1,942nd for girls in the US (99 babies).
What does Alissa mean?
Germanic: form of Alicia, influenced by the flower alyssum
“noble kind”
A form of Alice or Alicia; the alyssum flower's name is from Greek, once thought to mean a cure for madness.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Alissa a girl's or a boy's name?
Alissa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 girls in the UK and 99 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alissa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,460among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the UK were named Alissa, making it the 1,460th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 862nd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 82 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Alissa than any year since 1998.
Half of all the girls named Alissa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 173 girls in the UK were given Alissa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #293, up from #1,460 for this spelling alone.
- Alyssa 151
- Alissa 22
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,407th in England and Wales.
Alissa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #1,460 |
| 2024 | 26 | #1,321 |
| 2023 | 33 | #1,107 |
| 2022 | 33 | #1,091 |
| 2021 | 39 | #967 |
| 2020 | 45 | #862 |
| 2019 | 43 | #909 |
| 2018 | 52 | #803 |
| 2017 | 47 | #883 |
| 2016 | 48 | #850 |
| 2015 | 64 | #683 |
| 2014 | 57 | #747 |
| 2013 | 68 | #651 |
| 2012 | 82 | #565 |
| 2011 | 73 | #608 |
| 2010 | 75 | #583 |
| 2009 | 73 | #581 |
| 2008 | 49 | #773 |
| 2007 | 51 | #725 |
| 2006 | 45 | #757 |
| 2005 | 27 | #1,022 |
| 2004 | 33 | #882 |
| 2003 | 38 | #766 |
| 2002 | 36 | #762 |
| 2001 | 32 | #819 |
| 2000 | 24 | #987 |
| 1999 | 25 | #947 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,417 |
| 1997 | 21 | #1,053 |
| 1996 | 22 | #988 |
How popular is Alissa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,942among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 99about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 99 girls in the US were named Alissa, making it the 1,942nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,418th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 1,231 girls. It first appears in the records in 1948.
2025 had fewer girls named Alissa than any year since 1965.
Half of all the girls named Alissa in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 793 girls in the US were given Alissa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #418, up from #1,942 for this spelling alone.
Alissa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 99 | #1,942 |
| 2024 | 137 | #1,553 |
| 2023 | 123 | #1,681 |
| 2022 | 128 | #1,648 |
| 2021 | 149 | #1,441 |
| 2020 | 154 | #1,418 |
| 2019 | 153 | #1,446 |
| 2018 | 202 | #1,186 |
| 2017 | 226 | #1,114 |
| 2016 | 224 | #1,132 |
| 2015 | 289 | #937 |
| 2014 | 322 | #855 |
| 2013 | 377 | #727 |
| 2012 | 416 | #676 |
| 2011 | 474 | #607 |
| 2010 | 585 | #512 |
| 2009 | 691 | #452 |
| 2008 | 731 | #432 |
| 2007 | 1,011 | #332 |
| 2006 | 859 | #376 |
| 2005 | 849 | #368 |
| 2004 | 955 | #333 |
| 2003 | 1,062 | #293 |
| 2002 | 1,034 | #301 |
| 2001 | 1,096 | #284 |
| 2000 | 1,156 | #279 |
| 1999 | 1,121 | #279 |
| 1998 | 1,231 | #251 |
| 1997 | 1,223 | #243 |
| 1996 | 1,073 | #268 |
| 1995 | 999 | #276 |
| 1994 | 1,078 | #260 |
| 1993 | 1,086 | #255 |
| 1992 | 1,035 | #273 |
| 1991 | 959 | #292 |
| 1990 | 998 | #277 |
| 1989 | 897 | #290 |
| 1988 | 780 | #318 |
| 1987 | 753 | #323 |
| 1986 | 828 | #295 |
| 1985 | 823 | #298 |
| 1984 | 797 | #297 |
| 1983 | 744 | #309 |
| 1982 | 789 | #311 |
| 1981 | 848 | #286 |
| 1980 | 944 | #266 |
| 1979 | 1,090 | #236 |
| 1978 | 536 | #388 |
| 1977 | 506 | #408 |
| 1976 | 406 | #466 |
| 1975 | 381 | #482 |
| 1974 | 340 | #510 |
| 1973 | 372 | #481 |
| 1972 | 301 | #552 |
| 1971 | 331 | #544 |
| 1970 | 358 | #529 |
| 1969 | 276 | #598 |
| 1968 | 235 | #629 |
| 1967 | 195 | #701 |
| 1966 | 131 | #874 |
| 1965 | 92 | #1,089 |
| 1964 | 92 | #1,145 |
| 1963 | 81 | #1,218 |
| 1962 | 45 | #1,689 |
| 1961 | 54 | #1,532 |
| 1960 | 44 | #1,694 |
| 1959 | 45 | #1,616 |
| 1958 | 42 | #1,656 |
| 1957 | 19 | #2,650 |
| 1956 | 23 | #2,320 |
| 1955 | 17 | #2,724 |
| 1954 | 21 | #2,377 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,225 |
| 1952 | 12 | #3,200 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 16 | #2,534 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,591 |
Names like Alissa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira Aisha Khadija Aaliyah Summer Ayla Safa Amina Amara Alina Alayna Aliza
Other spellings of Alissa
Names related to Alissa
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alissa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alissa, updated 20 October 2026.