Calyssa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Calyssa

The Social Security Administration has registered 295 babies named Calyssa between 1990 and 2018, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Calyssa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Calyssa performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 133 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Calyssa shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Calyssa 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 295 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.