Alissa
Alissa is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 136 births. Its best rank was 236th, in 1979.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1360.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 19981,231 births
- Best rank
- #236in 1979
- Since 1948
- 38,490people given the name
The story in the numbers
38,490 girls have been named Alissa in the United States since 1948, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 1,231 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1994, and the 1990s alone account for 28%. It has spent 50 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Alissa | |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 14 | |
| 1950s | 203 | |
| 1960s | 1,245 | |
| 1970s | 4,621 | |
| 1980s | 8,203 | |
| 1990s | 10,803 | |
| 2000s | 9,444 | |
| 2010s | 3,268 | |
| 2020s | 689 |
In 1998, its biggest year
Alissa was the 251st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1998 were Emily, Hannah, Samantha, Sarah and Ashley. See all of 1998.
Names that rose and fell with Alissa
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Larissapeak 1994
- Janeapeak 1993
- Denaepeak 1997
- Kerrapeak 1997
- Bethaniepeak 1991
- Tiarepeak 1992
- Rebekahpeak 1996
- Nereydapeak 1981
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.