Ilyssa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ih-LISS-a
- Origin
- Greek
Ilyssa is a girls' name of Greek origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ilyssa mean?
Greek: variant of Alyssa
A variant of Alyssa, a name often linked to the alyssum flower.
Is Ilyssa a girl's or a boy's name?
Ilyssa is a girls' name.
How popular is Ilyssa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 41 girls. It first appears in the records in 1965.
Half of all the girls named Ilyssa in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ilyssa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,277 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 32 | #4,462 |
| 2005 | 29 | #4,577 |
| 2004 | 41 | #3,562 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,235 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 26 | #3,930 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,518 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,667 |
| 1988 | 26 | #3,580 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,119 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,536 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,221 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
Names like Ilyssa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Melina, Selena, Samantha, Alyssa, Isabella, Sophia, Alexa, Tessa, Alina, Fatima, Alexandra, Ariana
Names related to Ilyssa
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
Sources
Figures from 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, “Ilyssa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ilyssa, updated 20 October 2026.