Alyssia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LISS-ee-a
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,107 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,545 for girls
Alyssia is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble kind”. In 2025 it ranked 1,107th for girls in the UK (32 babies) and 4,545th for girls in the US (30 babies).
What does Alyssia mean?
Germanic: spelling of Alyssa or Alicia
“noble kind”
A blend of the spellings Alyssa and Alicia, both forms of Alice.
Is Alyssia a girl's or a boy's name?
Alyssia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 girls in the UK and 30 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alyssia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,107th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32 about 1 in 8,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the UK were named Alyssia, making it the 1,107th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 576th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 109 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Alyssia than any year since 2001.
Half of all the girls named Alyssia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 45 girls in the UK were given Alyssia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #785, up from #1,107 for this spelling alone.
- Alyssia 32
- Alissia 13
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,051st in England and Wales.
Alyssia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #1,107 |
| 2024 | 47 | #840 |
| 2023 | 53 | #736 |
| 2022 | 63 | #650 |
| 2021 | 65 | #644 |
| 2020 | 75 | #576 |
| 2019 | 68 | #633 |
| 2018 | 83 | #556 |
| 2017 | 93 | #513 |
| 2016 | 109 | #448 |
| 2015 | 91 | #519 |
| 2014 | 93 | #508 |
| 2013 | 89 | #521 |
| 2012 | 105 | #469 |
| 2011 | 96 | #489 |
| 2010 | 98 | #478 |
| 2009 | 74 | #573 |
| 2008 | 52 | #739 |
| 2007 | 52 | #714 |
| 2006 | 56 | #644 |
| 2005 | 48 | #698 |
| 2004 | 42 | #731 |
| 2003 | 37 | #783 |
| 2002 | 37 | #750 |
| 2001 | 24 | #995 |
| 2000 | 18 | #1,182 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,347 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,694 |
| 1997 | 19 | #1,119 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,520 |
How popular is Alyssia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 30 about 1 in 54,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 30 girls in the US were named Alyssia, making it the 4,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,261st. Its busiest year was 1998, with 215 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the girls named Alyssia in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alyssia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,825 |
| 2021 | 27 | #4,829 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,261 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2018 | 43 | #3,558 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,964 |
| 2016 | 63 | #2,739 |
| 2015 | 46 | #3,429 |
| 2014 | 60 | #2,841 |
| 2013 | 72 | #2,484 |
| 2012 | 67 | #2,654 |
| 2011 | 109 | #1,840 |
| 2010 | 137 | #1,590 |
| 2009 | 136 | #1,639 |
| 2008 | 151 | #1,531 |
| 2007 | 154 | #1,503 |
| 2006 | 168 | #1,366 |
| 2005 | 146 | #1,451 |
| 2004 | 174 | #1,248 |
| 2003 | 166 | #1,256 |
| 2002 | 137 | #1,403 |
| 2001 | 197 | #1,075 |
| 2000 | 169 | #1,180 |
| 1999 | 204 | #1,004 |
| 1998 | 215 | #951 |
| 1997 | 198 | #984 |
| 1996 | 202 | #949 |
| 1995 | 149 | #1,160 |
| 1994 | 168 | #1,071 |
| 1993 | 150 | #1,169 |
| 1992 | 152 | #1,154 |
| 1991 | 157 | #1,125 |
| 1990 | 178 | #1,015 |
| 1989 | 170 | #1,006 |
| 1988 | 132 | #1,156 |
| 1987 | 86 | #1,497 |
| 1986 | 48 | #2,169 |
| 1985 | 42 | #2,361 |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,422 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 22 | #3,624 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,326 |
| 1979 | 24 | #3,333 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 17 | #4,068 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,152 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,458 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,108 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
Names like Alyssia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amelia, Olivia, Alina, Amelie, Emilia, Mia, Aria, Isabella, Fatima, Amalia, Sophia, Eliana
Other spellings of Alyssia
Names related to Alyssia
Alyssa, Alessia, Alissa, Alesia, Alysia, Alisia, Alysha, Alessa, Alaysia, Alessi, Alyse
More Germanic names
Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice
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, “Alyssia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alyssia, updated 20 October 2026.