Recorded 1997–2016 Girls' name Peak 2002 115 births

Aalyssa — girls' name

115 babies named Aalyssa in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s52000s772010s33
2000s
Peak decade

67% of everyone ever named Aalyssa was born in this single decade.

2002
Single peak year

15 babies were named Aalyssa in 2002 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Aalyssa

The Social Security Administration has registered 115 babies named Aalyssa between 1997 and 2016, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aalyssa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aalyssa performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 77 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Aalyssa shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aalyssa in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 115 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Aalyssa at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

115

Since 1997

20 years of records

Peak year

2002

15 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

1997

Recorded for 20 years

Last year on file: 2016

Aalyssa popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1997

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (2002)
15
Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
05101520 20162012201020082005200320011997 5

Aalyssa by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
77 births that decade — 67% of Aalyssa's all-time total
1990s52000s772010s33

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Aalyssa?
115 babies have been named Aalyssa since 1997. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 2002 with 15 births.
When was Aalyssa most popular?
Aalyssa was most popular in the 2000s decade with 77 total births. The single peak year was 2002.
How long has the name Aalyssa been used?
Aalyssa has been recorded in Social Security data since 1997, spanning 20 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Aalyssa?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Aaliyah, Aaliya, Aaleyah, Aalayah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1997–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.