Lyssa — #12272 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Lyssa

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,492 babies named Lyssa between 1947 and 2024, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lyssa currently holds the #12272 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 80 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lyssa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 415 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Lyssa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 69 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Lyssa in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lyssa 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 1,492 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.