Alissa Girl
How popular is Alissa?
#1,942 girl name in 2025
99 baby girls were named Alissa in the US in 2025, making it the 1942nd most popular girl name.
Alissa popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,942 for girls (▼ 389 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 99 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-66% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #937 in 2015, #1,418 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1998 (1,231 girls) |
| Highest rank | #236 in 1979 |
| First recorded | 1948 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Alissa counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Alyssa family of names ranked #212 for girls in 2025 (#189 the year before), with 1,582 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alyssa | 680 | 43% |
| Aliza | 420 | 27% |
| Alisa | 125 | 8% |
| Alissa | 99 | 6% |
| Alizah | 87 | 5% |
| Alyza | 77 | 5% |
| Alizay | 24 | 2% |
| Alyzah | 26 | 2% |
| Alysa | 9 | 1% |
| Allyssa | 5 | 0% |
| Alyzzah | 22 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Alissa is most popular
Babies named Alissa per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Arizona: 0.2 per 1,000 (26 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (117 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (107 girls)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (45 girls)
Alissa by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 14 | #3,591 |
| 1950s | 203 | #1,616 |
| 1960s | 1,245 | #598 |
| 1970s | 4,621 | #236 |
| 1980s | 8,203 | #266 |
| 1990s | 10,803 | #243 |
| 2000s | 9,444 | #279 |
| 2010s | 3,268 | #512 |
| 2020s | 790 | #1,418 |
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Questions
- Is Alissa a boy or girl name?
- Alissa is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Alissa were girls.
- How popular is the name Alissa?
- 99 baby girls were named Alissa in the US in 2025, making it the 1942nd most popular girl name.
- When was Alissa most popular?
- Alissa peaked in 1998, when 1,231 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #236 in 1979.
- How many people are named Alissa?
- 38,622 babies have been named Alissa in the US since 1880. We estimate about 37,718 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 31.
- Where is Alissa most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Alissa was most common in Arizona, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.