Alyssa
Top 1000
About Alyssa
Alyssa was in the Top 20 from 1997-2010 and peaked as the 11th most popular girls’ name in 1998 and 1999 but has become less popular in recent years. It's related to the flower alyssum as well as to the classic Alice and variants. Alyssa Milano helped give it a bounce back when she was still a child sitcom star.
Pronounced uh-LIS-ah.
As of October 2026, Alyssa ranked #453 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #11 in 1999, Nameberry popularity #694.
Editor's take: The name Alyssa is a girl's name of English origin meaning "noble".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #76 | 3,846 | 2,153 |
| 2015 | #93 | 3,255 | 1,823.4 |
| 2016 | #119 | 2,680 | 1,512.4 |
| 2017 | #133 | 2,241 | 1,298 |
| 2018 | #150 | 1,881 | 1,105.8 |
| 2019 | #170 | 1,699 | 1,012.3 |
| 2020 | #199 | 1,471 | 910 |
| 2021 | #233 | 1,301 | 792.9 |
| 2022 | #288 | 1,098 | 669.5 |
| 2023 | #334 | 929 | 579 |
| 2024 | #399 | 793 | 489.4 |
| 2025 | #453 | 680 | 423.1 |
World rankings
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Alyssa on lists
Famous Alyssas
- Alyssa Jayne Milano
American actress
- Alyssa Marie Campanella
Miss USA 2011
- Alyssa Sutherland
Australian model
- Skye Alyssa Friedman
American actress
- Alyssa Ashley Reid
Canadian singer,songwriter
- Alyssa Elaine Diaz
American actress
- Alyssa Katherine Nicole Barlow
musician of American group BarlowGirl
- Alyssa Jean Healy
Australian cricketer
- Alyssa Thomas
American basketball player
- Alyssa Jean Anderson
American Olympic swimmer
- Alyssa Mastromonaco
U.S. White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations
- Alyssa Michele Naeher
American soccer player
- Alyssa Lee Mautz
American soccer player
- Alyssa "Alys" Whitall Pearsall Smith
American Quaker leader
- Alyssa Edwards aka Justin Johnson
American drag queen and TV personality ("RuPaul's Drag Race")
- Alyssa Baumann
American gymnast
- Alyssa Joy (Bates) Webster (b. 1994)
6th child (3rd daughter) of the reality TV show "Bringing Up Bates" family
- Alyssa Warren
daughter of model Anna Benson; stepdaughter of baseball player Kris Benson
- Alyssa Jane Ashton (b. 2011)
daughter of singer Leslie Carter and Mike Ashton; niece of singers Nick and Aaron Carter
- Alyssa Pilgrim (b. 2012)
daughter of TV presenter Mark Pilgrim
Alyssa in pop culture
- Alyssa Ashcroft
character in the video game "Resident Evil: Outbreak"
- Alyssa Callaway
character in movie "It Takes Two"
- Alyssa Rothman
character in movie "Fire on the Amazon"
- Alyssa Jones
character in movie "Chasing Amy"
- Alyssa Ogawa
character in the Star Trek series
- Alyssa Searrs
character in manga/anime "My,HiME"
- Alyssa Gardner
character in "Splintered"
- Alyssa
character in “The End of the F***ing World”