Girls' name · since 1892
Alyse
7,671 babies named Alyse in U.S. Social Security records since 1892, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,955 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,033 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,671
- born since 1892
- 1980s
- peak decade
7,671 babies have been named Alyse since 1892, making it today's #3033 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Alyse recorded 7,671 times among girls since 1892, holding rank #3033 nationally today, ahead of 82% of girls, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1892 to 2025.
- #1,955 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,033 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 7,671 born since 1892
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alyse ranks #1,955 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,033 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 7,671 born since 1892, peaking in the 1980s.
- #1,955 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,033 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,671
- born since 1892
- 1980s
- peak decade
Alyse's 7,671 recorded births place it above 97.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
33 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Alyse compares
7,671 Top 11% higher than 89% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Alyse's all-time total is 20x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alyse | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 7,671 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 401 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alyse's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alyse's full recorded timeline at 1973, 90% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 10% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1892, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1988 peak of 401 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alyse popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1892–2025
- Peak year (1988)
- 401
- Annual births at peak, across 134 years of records
Alyse by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (1,892 births, 25% of the file).
1980s was Alyse's strongest decade.
1,892 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Alyse births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1910s 75
1910s
75 births
- 1920s 71
1920s
71 births
- 1930s 26
1930s
26 births
- 1940s 45
1940s
45 births
- 1950s 183
1950s
183 births
- 1960s 269
1960s
269 births
- 1970s 327
1970s
327 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,892 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,580 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,530 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,294 births
- 2020s 374
2020s
374 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 1,892 births (25% of all-time use).
How Alyse compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Alyse's total volume
Alyse by state
Where Alyse concentrates geographically, total births since 1892
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 752 | 9.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 578 | 7.5% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 399 | 5.2% |
| #4 | Texas | | 394 | 5.1% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 347 | 4.5% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 314 | 4.1% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 286 | 3.7% |
| #8 | Florida | | 242 | 3.2% |
752 of 7,671 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 33 reporting states.
Alyse appears in 33 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Alyse's data
- Alyse's decade-level peak was the 1980s (1,892 total births); usage has since declined to 374 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Alyses (752 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Alyse: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~133 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1892–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Alyse draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.