Girls' name · since 1984
Alyss
Alyss has 413 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,260 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,282 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 413
- born since 1984
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alyss currently ranks #12282 among girls' names in America, with 413 babies recorded since 1984.
Alyss has 413 recorded births among girls since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12282 as of the latest data, more common than 29% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2025.
- #13,260 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,282 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 413 born since 1984
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alyss ranks #13,260 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,282 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 413 born since 1984, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,260 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,282 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 413
- born since 1984
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alyss's 413 recorded births place it above 81.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Alyss compares
413 Top 49% higher than 51% 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
Alyss's all-time total is 10% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alyss | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 413 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alyss's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alyss's full recorded timeline at 2005, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1985, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alyss popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Alyss by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (149 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Alyss's strongest decade.
149 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Alyss births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
71 births
- 1990s
1990s
84 births
- 2000s
2000s
63 births
- 2010s
2010s
149 births
- 2020s 46
2020s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 149 births (36% of all-time use).
Alyss by state
Where Alyss concentrates geographically, total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.2% |
5 of 413 births nationwide.
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What to do with Alyss's data
- Alyss's decade-level peak was the 2010s (149 total births); usage has since declined to 46 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Alysss (5 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 Alyss: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1984–2025 (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 Alyss 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.