Girls' name · since 1968
Lyrissa
22 babies named Lyrissa in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #44,853 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 1968
- 2010s
- peak decade
22 girls have been named Lyrissa since 1968, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Lyrissa has 22 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2012.
- #44,853 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 22 born since 1968
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lyrissa ranks #44,853 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 22 born since 1968, peaking in the 2010s.
- #44,853 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 1968
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lyrissa's 22 recorded births place it above 37.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lyrissa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lyrissa's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1968, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2012 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lyrissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2012
- Peak year (2012)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Lyrissa by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (7 births, 32% of the file).
2010s was Lyrissa's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Lyrissa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 7 births (32% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lyrissa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1968–2012 (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 Lyrissa 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.