Alayssa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Alayssa

The Social Security Administration has registered 146 babies named Alayssa between 2001 and 2021, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alayssa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alayssa performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 79 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Alayssa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 19 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Alayssa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alayssa 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 146 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.