Girls' name · since 1975
Alysse
Alysse has 1,505 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,679 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,557 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,505
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Alysse is the #13557 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,505 recorded since 1975.
Alysse has 1,505 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13557 as of the latest data, more common than 22% of girls, 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 1975 to 2025.
- #5,679 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,557 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,505 born since 1975
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alysse ranks #5,679 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,557 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,505 born since 1975, peaking in the 1990s.
- #5,679 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,557 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,505
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Alysse's 1,505 recorded births place it above 92.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Alysse compares
1,505 Top 26% higher than 74% 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
Alysse's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alysse | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,505 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 86 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alysse's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Alysse's SSA record in two at 2003 and the more recent half accounts for 38% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 62%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2022, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1988 peak of 86, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Alysse popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (1988)
- 86
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Alysse by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (457 births, 30% of the file).
1990s was Alysse's strongest decade.
457 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Alysse births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 9
1970s
9 births
- 1980s
1980s
337 births
- 1990s
1990s
457 births
- 2000s
2000s
410 births
- 2010s
2010s
232 births
- 2020s 60
2020s
60 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 457 births (30% of all-time use).
How Alysse 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 Alysse's total volume
Alysse by state
Where Alysse concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 174 | 11.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 60 | 4.0% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 41 | 2.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 36 | 2.4% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 21 | 1.4% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 16 | 1.1% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 11 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 6 | 0.4% |
174 of 1,505 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Alysse appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Alysse's data
- Alysse's decade-level peak was the 1990s (457 total births); usage has since declined to 60 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Alysses (174 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 Alysse: 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 (~50 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, 1975–2025 (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 Alysse 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.