Girls' name · since 1970
Alyshia
1,297 babies named Alyshia in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,290 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,297
- born since 1970
- 1990s
- peak decade
Alyshia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 1,297 have been recorded since 1970.
Alyshia has 1,297 recorded births among girls since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2016.
- #6,290 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,297 born since 1970
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alyshia ranks #6,290 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,297 born since 1970, peaking in the 1990s.
- #6,290 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,297
- born since 1970
- 1990s
- peak decade
Alyshia's 1,297 recorded births place it above 91.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Alyshia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alyshia's full recorded timeline at 1993, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 105 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alyshia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2016
- Peak year (1990)
- 105
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Alyshia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (560 births, 43% of the file).
1990s was Alyshia's strongest decade.
560 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Alyshia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 111
1970s
111 births
- 1980s
1980s
361 births
- 1990s
1990s
560 births
- 2000s 218
2000s
218 births
- 2010s 47
2010s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 560 births (43% of all-time use).
How Alyshia 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 Alyshia's total volume
Alyshia by state
Where Alyshia concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 65 | 5.0% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 29 | 2.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 23 | 1.8% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 22 | 1.7% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 15 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Florida | | 7 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Missouri | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.4% |
65 of 1,297 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Alyshia appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Alyshia's data
- Alyshia's decade-level peak was the 1990s (560 total births); usage has since declined to 47 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Alyshias (65 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Alyshia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1970–2016 (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 Alyshia 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.