Allissa

Gender: Girl
Say it: a-LISS-a
Origin: Germanic

Allissa is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble kind”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Allissa mean?

Germanic: spelling of Alissa, itself a 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.

Meaning borrowed from Alissa. More on Wiktionary.

Is Allissa a girl's or a boy's name?

Allissa is a girls' name.

How popular is Allissa in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 142 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969.

Half of all the girls named Allissa in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.

1969Busiest: 142 in 19982018

Allissa in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2018	10	#9,801
2017	10	#9,939
2016	0	–
2015	10	#10,143
2014	5	#16,507
2013	11	#9,607
2012	16	#7,452
2011	31	#4,567
2010	33	#4,396
2009	44	#3,618
2008	47	#3,477
2007	59	#2,992
2006	68	#2,631
2005	51	#3,077
2004	59	#2,738
2003	62	#2,574
2002	72	#2,260
2001	77	#2,122
2000	104	#1,686
1999	92	#1,736
1998	142	#1,270
1997	131	#1,317
1996	91	#1,667
1995	79	#1,798
1994	80	#1,793
1993	74	#1,894
1992	58	#2,270
1991	58	#2,236
1990	63	#2,076
1989	48	#2,403
1988	45	#2,414
1987	43	#2,396
1986	35	#2,723
1985	16	#4,633
1984	26	#3,232
1983	20	#3,805
1982	19	#4,024
1981	24	#3,436
1980	19	#3,991
1979	38	#2,430
1978	15	#4,459
1977	9	#6,338
1976	8	#6,609
1975	7	#7,171
1974	6	#7,678
1973	8	#6,078
1972	9	#5,479
1971	8	#6,004
1970	8	#5,817
1969	6	#6,615