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Girl · Name family

Alyssa

2,098,064births recorded
19Countries
22Variants
1951Peak · Argentina
#2Portugal 2023

Alyssa is a girl name family recorded 2,098,064 times in 19 countries since 1880. It ranks highest today in Portugal (#2 in 2023). Its all-time peak was in Argentina in 1951, at 1,417.7 births per 100,000. Elsewhere it is mostly given as Alice (United States, France, Italy), Alicia (Argentina, Spain).

Popularity by country

Births per 100,000 newborns, all forms of the name combined.

Which form wins where

Births per 100,000 newborns for each form, in the selected country.

Rank in countries that publish top lists only

All forms of Alyssa

VariantsLanguageTotal birthsCountryLatest rankPeak year10-year trend
Alice English 590,106 🇺🇸 United States #65 1906 ▲ 15 %
Alice English 210,790 🇫🇷 France #10 1906 ▼ 20 %
Alice English 101,886 🇮🇹 Italy #9 2017 –
Alice English 47,640 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales #52 1996 ▼ 50 %
Alice English 13,323 🇨🇦 Ontario #43 1919 ▼ 2 %
Alice English 9,953 🇨🇦 Québec #4 2023 ▲ 8 %
Alicia Spanish 231,497 🇺🇸 United States #460 1984 ▼ 18 %
Alicia Spanish 207,491 🇦🇷 Argentina #783 1951 ▼ 32 %
Alicia Spanish 52,995 🇫🇷 France #127 2002 ▼ 61 %
Alicia Spanish 23,068 🇪🇸 Spain #50 2004 –
Alicia Spanish 13,434 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales #514 2004 ▼ 69 %
Alicia Spanish 6,875 🇨🇦 Ontario #590 1985 ▼ 58 %
Alyssa English 315,038 🇺🇸 United States #453 1999 ▼ 77 %
Alyssa English 11,495 🇨🇦 Ontario #339 2001 ▼ 81 %
Alyssa English 11,475 🇫🇷 France #515 2011 ▼ 74 %
Alyssa English 6,744 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales #325 2004 ▼ 44 %
Alyssa English 3,051 🇦🇺 New South Wales – 2004 –
Alyssa English 2,784 🇨🇦 Québec #163 2008 ▼ 45 %
Alisa Russian 34,727 🇺🇸 United States #1652 1970 ▼ 46 %
Alisa Russian 10,617 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan #118 2018 ▼ 55 %
Alisa Russian 1,351 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales #763 2015 ▼ 26 %
Alisa Russian 878 🇨🇭 Switzerland #293 2009 ▼ 48 %
Alisa Russian 867 🇨🇦 Ontario #783 2022 ▼ 9 %
Alisa Russian 480 🇫🇷 France #1860 2022 ▲ 26 %
Alissa Russian 38,622 🇺🇸 United States #1942 1997 ▼ 62 %
Alissa Russian 2,155 🇫🇷 France #1506 2008 ▼ 58 %
Alissa Russian 1,204 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales #1407 2012 ▼ 55 %
Alissa Russian 1,088 🇨🇭 Switzerland #387 2010 ▼ 46 %
Alissa Russian 1,087 🇨🇦 Ontario #1585 2000 ▼ 35 %
Alissa Russian 384 🇨🇦 Québec #573 2000 ▼ 14 %
Alycia French 10,168 🇺🇸 United States #5238 1990 ▼ 55 %
Alycia French 5,965 🇫🇷 France #1117 2005 ▼ 80 %
Alycia French 2,270 🇨🇦 Québec #254 2008 ▼ 74 %
Alycia French 444 🇨🇦 Ontario – 1991 –
Alycia French 313 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales – 2000 –
Alycia French 158 🇨🇦 British Columbia – 1989 –
Alyce English 17,539 🇺🇸 United States #3832 1910 ▼ 46 %
Alyce English 302 🇦🇺 New South Wales – 1987 –
Alyce English 205 🇫🇷 France #2984 2021 ▼ 16 %
Alyce English 146 🇨🇦 Québec #645 2018 ▼ 26 %
Alyce English 143 🇦🇺 South Australia – 1987 –
Alyce English 127 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales – 1996 –
Aliza English 11,975 🇺🇸 United States #675 2023 ▲ 11 %
Aliza English 3,727 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales #444 2017 ▼ 61 %
Aliza English 570 🇨🇦 Ontario #564 2017 ▲ 43 %
Aliza English 360 🇫🇷 France #1496 2024 ▲ 68 %
Aliza English 309 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan #806 2007 ▲ 6 %
Aliza English 94 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland – 2015 –
Alysa English 7,050 🇺🇸 United States #10107 2001 ▼ 80 %
Alysa English 150 🇨🇦 Ontario – 2005 –
Alysa English 69 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales – 2024 –
Alysa English 30 🇫🇷 France – 2020 –
Alysa English 6 🇨🇦 British Columbia – 1991 –
Allyssa English 6,675 🇺🇸 United States #14942 1998 ▼ 90 %
Allyssa English 166 🇨🇦 Ontario – 1993 –
Allyssa English 120 🇫🇷 France – 2005 –
Allyssa English 50 🇨🇦 British Columbia – 1990 –
Allyssa English 36 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales – 2005 –
Allysa English 2,554 🇺🇸 United States – 1998 –
Allysa English 20 🇨🇦 Ontario – 1991 –
Allysa English 5 🇨🇦 British Columbia – 1993 –

Related names

Linked names

Names with a similar trajectory

Their popularity curve in Argentina correlates closely with Alyssa's.

  1. 1Irma
  2. 2Nelida
  3. 3Martha
  4. 4Hilda
  5. 5Elba
  6. 6Susan

How we grouped these names

  • Alice ↔ Alicia — checked by hand
  • Alice ↔ Alisa — verified against linguistic sources
  • Alicia ↔ Alycia — spelling variant
  • Alicia ↔ Alicya — spelling variant
  • Alicia ↔ Allicia — spelling variant
  • Alicia ↔ Allycia — spelling variant
  • Alyssa ↔ Alisa — spelling variant
  • Alyssa ↔ Alissa — spelling variant
  • Alyssa ↔ Aliza — spelling variant
  • Alyssa ↔ Alysa — spelling variant
  • Alyssa ↔ Allyssa — spelling variant
  • Alyssa ↔ Allysa — spelling variant
  • Alyssa ↔ Alyza — spelling variant
  • Alyssa ↔ Allissa — spelling variant

Questions about Alyssa

How popular is the name Alyssa?

In 2023 it ranked #2 in Portugal. Official registers record 2,098,064 births across 19 countries.

What is Alyssa in other languages?

Alice (English); Alicia (Spanish); Alisa (Russian); Alissa (Russian); Alycia (French); Alyce (English); Aliza (English); Alysa (English); Allyssa (English); Allysa (English).

When was Alyssa most popular?

It peaked in Argentina in 1951, at 1,417.7 births per 100,000.

Is Alyssa a boy or a girl name?

In official birth registers, Alyssa is a girl name.