Alysa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LISS-a
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Alysa is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Alysa mean?
Germanic: spelling of Alyssa, a form of Alice influenced by the alyssum flower
The alyssum flower's name comes from Greek for 'against madness', from an old belief that it cured rabies.
Is Alysa a girl's or a boy's name?
Alysa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alysa in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Alysa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alysa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 2 | #4,986 |
How popular is Alysa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Alysa, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 325 girls. It first appears in the records in 1953.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Alysa than any year since 1961.
Half of all the girls named Alysa in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 793 girls in the US were given Alysa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #418, up from #10,104 for this spelling alone.
Alysa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,304 |
| 2018 | 27 | #4,886 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,920 |
| 2016 | 36 | #4,082 |
| 2015 | 51 | #3,211 |
| 2014 | 62 | #2,779 |
| 2013 | 71 | #2,508 |
| 2012 | 88 | #2,145 |
| 2011 | 112 | #1,804 |
| 2010 | 124 | #1,696 |
| 2009 | 144 | #1,561 |
| 2008 | 193 | #1,286 |
| 2007 | 254 | #1,037 |
| 2006 | 245 | #1,045 |
| 2005 | 302 | #840 |
| 2004 | 302 | #823 |
| 2003 | 284 | #851 |
| 2002 | 286 | #808 |
| 2001 | 325 | #737 |
| 2000 | 297 | #768 |
| 1999 | 259 | #830 |
| 1998 | 277 | #775 |
| 1997 | 274 | #767 |
| 1996 | 237 | #840 |
| 1995 | 214 | #883 |
| 1994 | 228 | #859 |
| 1993 | 216 | #891 |
| 1992 | 228 | #863 |
| 1991 | 194 | #965 |
| 1990 | 213 | #898 |
| 1989 | 172 | #1,001 |
| 1988 | 146 | #1,076 |
| 1987 | 119 | #1,209 |
| 1986 | 82 | #1,505 |
| 1985 | 68 | #1,690 |
| 1984 | 55 | #1,905 |
| 1983 | 43 | #2,235 |
| 1982 | 48 | #2,115 |
| 1981 | 44 | #2,265 |
| 1980 | 42 | #2,308 |
| 1979 | 60 | #1,795 |
| 1978 | 42 | #2,191 |
| 1977 | 31 | #2,666 |
| 1976 | 40 | #2,135 |
| 1975 | 24 | #2,969 |
| 1974 | 25 | #2,835 |
| 1973 | 25 | #2,753 |
| 1972 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1971 | 23 | #2,955 |
| 1970 | 41 | #2,017 |
| 1969 | 37 | #2,058 |
| 1968 | 25 | #2,482 |
| 1967 | 31 | #2,117 |
| 1966 | 16 | #3,147 |
| 1965 | 19 | #2,832 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 17 | #3,065 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,183 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,192 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
Nicknames for Alysa
- Aly 4 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Alysa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira Aaliyah Aisha Khadija Alisha Ayla Summer Alina Safa Amina Fatima Alayna
Other spellings of Alysa
Names related to Alysa
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, “Alysa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alysa, updated 20 October 2026.