# Alissa (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alissa/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /əˈlɪs.ə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 38,622 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 31 / 38,591 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,204, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Alyssa, from Alicia or from alyssum.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 474 | 607 |
| 2012 | 416 | 676 |
| 2013 | 377 | 727 |
| 2014 | 322 | 856 |
| 2015 | 289 | 937 |
| 2016 | 224 | 1,133 |
| 2017 | 226 | 1,114 |
| 2018 | 202 | 1,186 |
| 2019 | 153 | 1,446 |
| 2020 | 154 | 1,418 |
| 2021 | 149 | 1,441 |
| 2022 | 128 | 1,650 |
| 2023 | 123 | 1,681 |
| 2024 | 137 | 1,553 |
| 2025 | 99 | 1,942 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 7 | 4,570 |
| 1979 | 5 | 6,083 |
| 1980 | 7 | 4,951 |
| 1981 | 6 | 5,492 |
| 1989 | 6 | 6,970 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 69 | 583 |
| 2012 | 74 | 573 |
| 2013 | 56 | 712 |
| 2014 | 54 | 731 |
| 2015 | 60 | 674 |
| 2016 | 46 | 822 |
| 2017 | 42 | 899 |
| 2018 | 49 | 778 |
| 2019 | 37 | 955 |
| 2020 | 45 | 807 |
| 2021 | 37 | 936 |
| 2022 | 33 | 1,023 |
| 2023 | 30 | 1,108 |
| 2024 | 26 | 1,262 |
| 2025 | 22 | 1,407 |

## People named Alissa

- Alissa White-Gluz, Canadian singer
- Alissa Jung, German actress
- Alissa Czisny, American figure skater
- Alissa Johnson, American ski jumper
- Alissa York, Canadian writer (born 1970)
- Anissa Kate, French pornographic actress and director

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.