Kalyssa — #10518 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kalyssa

The Social Security Administration has registered 844 babies named Kalyssa between 1987 and 2024, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kalyssa currently holds the #10518 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 55 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kalyssa performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 428 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kalyssa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 72 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Kalyssa in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kalyssa 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 844 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.