Girls' name · since 1969
Alyssia
4,929 babies named Alyssia in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,606 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,574 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,929
- born since 1969
- 1990s
- peak decade
4,929 babies have been named Alyssia since 1969, making it today's #4574 girls' name.
Alyssia has 4,929 recorded births among girls since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4574 as of the latest data, more common than 74% 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 1969 to 2025.
- #2,606 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,574 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,929 born since 1969
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alyssia ranks #2,606 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,574 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,929 born since 1969, peaking in the 1990s.
- #2,606 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,574 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,929
- born since 1969
- 1990s
- peak decade
Alyssia's 4,929 recorded births place it above 96.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
30 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Alyssia compares
4,929 Top 14% higher than 86% 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
Alyssia's all-time total is 13x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alyssia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,929 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 215 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alyssia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alyssia's full recorded timeline at 1998, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1969, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 215 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alyssia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 215
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Alyssia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (1,773 births, 36% of the file).
1990s was Alyssia's strongest decade.
1,773 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Alyssia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
- 1970s 121
1970s
121 births
- 1980s 567
1980s
567 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,773 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,598 births
- 2010s 682
2010s
682 births
- 2020s 181
2020s
181 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 1,773 births (36% of all-time use).
How Alyssia 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 Alyssia's total volume
Alyssia by state
Where Alyssia concentrates geographically, total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 439 | 8.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 404 | 8.2% |
| #3 | Florida | | 262 | 5.3% |
| #4 | New York | | 216 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 153 | 3.1% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 141 | 2.9% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 125 | 2.5% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 114 | 2.3% |
439 of 4,929 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 30 reporting states.
Alyssia appears in 30 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Alyssia's data
- Alyssia's decade-level peak was the 1990s (1,773 total births); usage has since declined to 181 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Alyssias (439 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
Names with a similar popularity rank to Alyssia
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Alyssia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~56 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, 1969–2025 (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 Alyssia 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.