Alyssa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LISS-a
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #320 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #453 for girls
Alyssa is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble kind”. In 2025 it ranked 320th for girls in the UK (151 babies) and 453rd for girls in the US (680 babies).
What does Alyssa 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 Alyssa a girl's or a boy's name?
Alyssa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 151 girls in the UK and 680 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alyssa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 320th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 151 about 1 in 1,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 151 girls in the UK were named Alyssa, making it the 320th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 213th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 411 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Alyssa than any year since 2000.
Half of all the girls named Alyssa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 173 girls in the UK were given Alyssa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #293, up from #320 for this spelling alone.
- Alyssa 151
- Alissa 22
Among girls in 2025, it was 325th in England and Wales, 284th in Scotland and 259th in Northern Ireland.
Alyssa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 151 | #320 |
| 2024 | 186 | #277 |
| 2023 | 217 | #234 |
| 2022 | 241 | #223 |
| 2021 | 270 | #211 |
| 2020 | 251 | #213 |
| 2019 | 225 | #238 |
| 2018 | 258 | #218 |
| 2017 | 240 | #236 |
| 2016 | 304 | #197 |
| 2015 | 333 | #184 |
| 2014 | 329 | #182 |
| 2013 | 372 | #157 |
| 2012 | 387 | #159 |
| 2011 | 382 | #160 |
| 2010 | 383 | #158 |
| 2009 | 354 | #172 |
| 2008 | 380 | #161 |
| 2007 | 381 | #162 |
| 2006 | 411 | #151 |
| 2005 | 367 | #161 |
| 2004 | 405 | #147 |
| 2003 | 274 | #195 |
| 2002 | 211 | #232 |
| 2001 | 167 | #272 |
| 2000 | 113 | #336 |
| 1999 | 69 | #481 |
| 1998 | 54 | #564 |
| 1997 | 61 | #515 |
| 1996 | 34 | #733 |
How popular is Alyssa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 453rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 680 about 1 in 2,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 680 girls in the US were named Alyssa, making it the 453rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 199th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 14,036 girls. It first appears in the records in 1950.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 18 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Alyssa than any year since 1975.
Half of all the girls named Alyssa in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 793 girls in the US were given Alyssa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #418, up from #453 for this spelling alone.
Alyssa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 680 | #453 |
| 2024 | 795 | #399 |
| 2023 | 930 | #334 |
| 2022 | 1,099 | #288 |
| 2021 | 1,301 | #233 |
| 2020 | 1,472 | #199 |
| 2019 | 1,699 | #171 |
| 2018 | 1,884 | #150 |
| 2017 | 2,241 | #133 |
| 2016 | 2,680 | #119 |
| 2015 | 3,255 | #93 |
| 2014 | 3,849 | #76 |
| 2013 | 4,214 | #57 |
| 2012 | 5,091 | #44 |
| 2011 | 6,029 | #37 |
| 2010 | 6,993 | #21 |
| 2009 | 7,980 | #19 |
| 2008 | 9,653 | #16 |
| 2007 | 11,275 | #14 |
| 2006 | 10,177 | #19 |
| 2005 | 10,891 | #16 |
| 2004 | 12,109 | #14 |
| 2003 | 12,750 | #14 |
| 2002 | 12,847 | #12 |
| 2001 | 13,272 | #14 |
| 2000 | 13,553 | #12 |
| 1999 | 14,036 | #11 |
| 1998 | 13,709 | #11 |
| 1997 | 12,649 | #15 |
| 1996 | 11,024 | #23 |
| 1995 | 10,100 | #27 |
| 1994 | 10,602 | #26 |
| 1993 | 11,031 | #26 |
| 1992 | 10,163 | #30 |
| 1991 | 10,678 | #30 |
| 1990 | 11,263 | #27 |
| 1989 | 9,042 | #33 |
| 1988 | 7,135 | #47 |
| 1987 | 5,136 | #60 |
| 1986 | 3,225 | #85 |
| 1985 | 2,258 | #130 |
| 1984 | 1,538 | #180 |
| 1983 | 1,201 | #209 |
| 1982 | 1,109 | #230 |
| 1981 | 1,128 | #228 |
| 1980 | 1,180 | #217 |
| 1979 | 1,174 | #223 |
| 1978 | 801 | #290 |
| 1977 | 759 | #315 |
| 1976 | 681 | #327 |
| 1975 | 558 | #372 |
| 1974 | 467 | #419 |
| 1973 | 449 | #433 |
| 1972 | 344 | #504 |
| 1971 | 402 | #479 |
| 1970 | 444 | #467 |
| 1969 | 380 | #499 |
| 1968 | 199 | #687 |
| 1967 | 143 | #847 |
| 1966 | 137 | #856 |
| 1965 | 119 | #933 |
| 1964 | 118 | #977 |
| 1963 | 123 | #953 |
| 1962 | 86 | #1,184 |
| 1961 | 87 | #1,183 |
| 1960 | 111 | #1,019 |
| 1959 | 35 | #1,880 |
| 1958 | 20 | #2,580 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,308 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,492 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
Names like Alyssa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alina, Amira, Aisha, Fatima, Amina, Khadija, Athena, Aaliyah, Alayna, Ayla, Alisha, Summer
Other spellings of Alyssa
Names related to Alyssa
Alessia, Alys, Alyssia, Alyza, Alissia, Elyssa, Alysia, Alessa, Alaysia, Alyse, Alaysha
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, “Alyssa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alyssa, updated 20 October 2026.