Anyssa — #8580 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Anyssa

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,082 babies named Anyssa between 1987 and 2024, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anyssa currently holds the #8580 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 136 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Anyssa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 877 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Anyssa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 511 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Anyssa in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Anyssa in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,082 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.