Jalyssa — #11387 US girls' name
1,686 babies named Jalyssa in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 36% of names given to girls today.
45% of everyone ever named Jalyssa was born in this single decade.
105 babies were named Jalyssa in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jalyssa
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,686 babies named Jalyssa between 1987 and 2024, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jalyssa currently holds the #11387 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 105 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jalyssa performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 755 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jalyssa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 215 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Jalyssa in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jalyssa 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 1,686 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.
Jalyssa at a glance
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Current rank
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Jalyssa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1987
- Peak year (2007)
- 105
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
Currently ranks #11387 among girls.
1,686 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 105 births in a single year.
Jalyssa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 755 births that decade — 45% of Jalyssa's all-time total
Jalyssa decade highlights
- Peak decade 755 births
- Runner-up 442 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jalyssa's strongest decade
755 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Jalyssa by state
Where Jalyssa concentrates geographically — total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 215 | 12.8% |
| #2 | California | | 190 | 11.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 84 | 5.0% |
| #4 | New York | | 75 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 35 | 2.1% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 34 | 2.0% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.4% |
215 of 1,686 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 12.8% of nationwide
- California 11.3% of nationwide
- Florida 5.0% of nationwide
- New York 4.4% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 10 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 12.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jalyssa appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1987–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.