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Alyssa

girl name
Origin
English
Syllables
3
Peak era
1990s/2000s
Today
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Meaning

variant of Alicia, with spelling influenced by the alyssum flower

The story

Alyssa is a modern variant of Alicia, with its spelling influenced by alyssum, the small flowering plant. That history is more reliable than the often repeated Greek meaning rational or logical. Alicia itself belongs to the Alice family, ultimately from the Germanic Adalheidis, of noble kind. Alyssa therefore arrived through sound, spelling, and a floral echo rather than one clean ancient root. The US curve is a concentrated modern wave. It barely registers before the 1970s, climbs in the 1980s, reaches its high point across the 1990s and 2000s, and then falls through the 2010s and 2020s. Actress Alyssa Milano was highly visible during the ascent, first on Who's the Boss? and later on Charmed, though the name's spread cannot be assigned to one person. Alyssa now carries both a generational signature and a subtle flower hidden in its spelling.

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How popular is Alyssa around the world?

In the United States, 6,277 babies were named Alyssa between 2020 and 2025. In South Australia, 13 girls were registered as Alyssa in 2017.

Alyssa is on the official records of the United States, South Australia, Scotland, Canada, England and Wales, Ireland, France, Mexico City, Chile, Austria, Brazil, Spain and Argentina.

United States

1 in 3,500

In the United States, 6,277 babies were named Alyssa between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 1990s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Alyssa peaked in the 1990s and the 2000s in nearly equal measure. Alyssa went to 3,255 US babies in 2015 and 680 in 2025, 21% of the earlier figure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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South Australia

1 in 1,400 · 2017

In South Australia, 13 girls were registered as Alyssa in 2017.

1960peak 2003

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Scotland

1 in 1,900

In Scotland, 24 girls named Alyssa were registered in 2024, the 171st most common name among girls that year.

1974peak 20052024

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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Canada

1 in 3,200

In Canada, 116 girls named Alyssa were born in 2024, the 250th most common name among girls that year.

1991peak 20012024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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England and Wales

1 in 4,400

In England and Wales, 133 girls named Alyssa were born in 2025, the 325th most common name among girls that year.

1996peak 20042025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Ireland

1 in 4,500

In Ireland, 12 girls named Alyssa were born in 2025, the 325th most common name among girls that year.

1990peak 20152025

share of that year’s name registrations

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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France

1 in 7,200

In France, about 90 girls named Alyssa were born in 2025, the 515th most common name among girls that year.

1980peak 20052025

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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Mexico City City

1 in 11,000

In Mexico City, there were 11 registrations of Alyssa in 2022.

2000peak 2022

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Chile

1 in 14,000

In Chile, 13 girls were registered as Alyssa in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

1990peak 2020

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Austria

1 in 25,000

In Austria, 3 girls named Alyssa were born in 2025, ranked 1,026th among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.

1984peak 20042025

share of that year’s births on record

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Brazil

1 in 140,000

At the 2022 census, 1,377 people in Brazil were named Alyssa, ranked 6,649th, with a median age of 9.
Among people named Alyssa living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.

1980speak 2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 429 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Spain

1 in 250,000

In Spain, 180 residents are named Alyssa, ranked 4,831st among women, with a mean age of 13.8 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Argentina

1 in 330,000

In Argentina, 2 newborns were given the name Alyssa in 2024.

2012peak 2022

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Montevideo City

last on record 2008

Alyssa is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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New South Wales

outside the top 100

Alyssa is not in the 2025 top 100 for New South Wales.

1990peak 20042025

share of that year’s top-100 registrations

New South Wales (not all of Australia) publishes only each year’s 100 most popular names per sex, so a missing year means below that top 100, not rare. Source: NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, popular baby names

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New Zealand

last on record 2024

Alyssa is not on the 2025 record for New Zealand, where names under 10 in a year are excluded at source.

1980peak 20032025

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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Poland

last on record 2023

Alyssa is not on the 2025 record for Poland, where names given fewer than 2 times in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 6 in a year, too few to chart.

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Puerto Rico

last on record 2015

Alyssa is not on the 2025 record for Puerto Rico, which withholds births under 5, and 92 babies have carried the name there since 1998.
The count never rose above 9 in a year, too few to chart.

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Alyssa

Most people given the name Alyssa in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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