Girls' name · peaked in 1997
Alissa name popularity since 1925
38,622 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Alissa. Half of them were born in 1994 or earlier, so the typical Alissa is about 32 years old in 2026. Alissa peaked in 1997 as the #243 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 38,622
- Named Alissa, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,942 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 38,591 girls · 31 boys
- Most popular in
- Minnesota
- 1.75× its national share
Peak year is the year Alissa made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Alissa births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1998. Measured as a share of all babies, Alissa peaked in 1997.
- Fastest rise: Between 1974 and 1979, Alissa became 2.9× more common, from 1 in 4,320 baby girls to 1 in 1,470.
- Steepest fall: Between 2007 and 2012, its share of baby girls fell by 55%, from 1 in 1,900 to 1 in 4,230.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Alissa's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Alissa.
Decade by decade
Babies named Alissa in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 14 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 203 | 0 | #2,726 |
| 1960s | 1,245 | 0 | #1,089 |
| 1970s | 4,621 | 12 | #482 |
| 1980s | 8,203 | 19 | #298 |
| 1990s | 10,803 | 0 | #276 |
| 2000s | 9,444 | 0 | #368 |
| 2010s | 3,268 | 0 | #937 |
| 2020–25 | 790 | 0 | #1,942 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
37.5% of babies named Alissa from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Alissa is most popular
The index compares Alissa's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Alissa.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 1.75× | 1,160 |
| Arizona | 1.59× | 749 |
| Wisconsin | 1.54× | 1,100 |
| Iowa | 1.52× | 700 |
| Washington | 1.44× | 873 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Alissa and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Alissa (this page) | 38,591 | 1997 |
| Alyssa | 314,606 | 1999 |
| Alisa | 34,705 | 1970 |
| Alessa | 3,005 | 2022 |
| Allissa | 2,054 | 1998 |
| Allisa | 1,340 | 1998 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Alissa's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Alissa.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Alissa (1997).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data