Girls' name · since 1987
Ayssa
Ayssa has 177 recorded births since 1987 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,054 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 177
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ayssa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 177 recorded since 1987.
Ayssa has 177 recorded births among girls since 1987, 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 1987 to 2024.
- #21,054 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 177 born since 1987
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayssa ranks #21,054 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 177 born since 1987, peaking in the 1990s.
- #21,054 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 177
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ayssa's 177 recorded births place it above 70.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Ayssa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ayssa splits its recorded history at 2000: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ayssa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2024
- Peak year (1992)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Ayssa by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (69 births, 39% of the file).
1990s was Ayssa's strongest decade.
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Ayssa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 20
1980s
20 births
- 1990s
1990s
69 births
- 2000s
2000s
65 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
- 2020s 16
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 69 births (39% of all-time use).
Ayssa by state
Where Ayssa concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 58 | 32.8% |
58 of 177 births nationwide.
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- Ayssa's decade-level peak was the 1990s (69 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Ayssas (58 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ayssa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1987–2024 (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 Ayssa 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.