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Alyssa

Say it uh-LIS-uh

Germanic origin 3 syllables

Sister names Middle names Deal sisters

Where Alyssa is loved, common and rare

Rare in Canada, Italy, the UK and eight more places.

1 in 1,214 girls born in Northern Ireland in 2025

Every place

In 15 of the 40 official lists, among them Quebec (167th), Italy (222nd) and Northern Ireland (259th).

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PlaceRankGirlsShare
Quebec province167th 202534about 1 in 765
Italy222nd 2024841 in 2,133
Northern Ireland259th 202561 in 1,214
Scotland284th 2025121 in 1,491
Cologne city308th 20233about 1 in 2,048
England and Wales325th 20251331 in 1,904
Ireland325th 2025121 in 1,760
Ontario province339th 202437about 1 in 1,472
British Columbia province348th 20239about 1 in 1,329
Switzerland353rd 2025201 in 1,700
The Netherlands501st 202525about 1 in 2,441
France507th 2025901 in 3,187
Berlin city615th 20234about 1 in 3,626
Sweden782nd 20256about 1 in 6,695
Austria1026th 202531 in 11,907

Rare, below the listed names: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand, Munich, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock, Norway, Spain, Catalonia, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia and Israel.

Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30), Argentina (top 20) and Croatia (top 50).

Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.

Sources: Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); NISRA (Northern Ireland); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria). How we count, and every source

About the name

Alyssa is a 20th-century invention with three suggested sources: the plant name alyssum with -a added, the name Alicia of Germanic origin, or Elissa. None is certain, so it is best described as a modern English-speaking name with several suggested roots.

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Three syllables, said uh-LIS-uh, with the stress in the middle. Alissa, Alysa, Allyssa and Elyssa are alternative spellings.

Canadian records place its peak around 2001, so it is mostly a name of that generation. Today it is used in Quebec, Northern Ireland and Scotland, and in Italy, Switzerland and the Netherlands. It is falling in eight regions and rising in just one, which suggests its popularity is gently fading.

Meaning, origin, pronunciation

Pronounced
uh-LIS-uh, 3 syllables
Origin
Germanic
Other spellings
  • Alissa
  • Alysa
  • Allyssa
  • Alysse
  • Elyssa
Etymology

A 20th-century invention. Possible origins: From alyss(um) (“a plant of the genus Alyssum”) + -a. From Alicia, of Germanic origin. From Elissa.

From the Wiktionary entry, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened.

Over time

Over five years: rising in 1 of 13 regions, falling in 8.

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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.

Quebec 141st 1996 to 167th 2025
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Italy 521st 1999 to 222nd 2024
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Northern Ireland 343rd 2001 to 259th 2025
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Scotland 483rd 1996 to 284th 2025
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Cologne 565th 2010 to 308th 2023
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England and Wales 783rd 1996 to 325th 2025
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Ten years of ranks

Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.

Region2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
England and Wales198242229255213211224241285325
Scotland216210143144257198163185171284
Northern Ireland137180238336246206354237337259
Ireland181219267235315204186339372325
Ontario54789094119165214219339
British Columbia8710497138168202191348
New South Wales75918275
Victoria857694
South Australia6611487
Quebec9410384889195139137139167
France170196220223245232325379377507
The Netherlands236244294284281444375452501
Austria6037566016651291187610508256781026
Switzerland172151184130207188198342242353
Berlin598985657668978812969615
Rostock202197187
Sweden669925792782
Italy173169167157148148178182222

England and Wales, 1996 to 2025

YearRankGirlsper 100,000 girls
202532513352.5
202428515861.2
202324118873.3
202222421180.1
202121124087.6
202021323186.1
201925518967.5
201822921875.6
201724220869.5
201619826887.3
201519029194.5
201418828392.3
2013161321104.1
2012161322100.0
2011160326101.5
2010164322100.3
200916830798.0
2008165323102.3
2007168326106.5
2006151347116.0
2005165307106.5
2004144360125.9
200319224286.8
200222618669.6
200126214955.6
20003449735.5
19994836021.3
19985614816.6
19975065418.4
1996783299.8

Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.

Ontario and British Columbia since 1925

Half of the babies named Alyssa in Ontario and British Columbia since 1925 were born in or after 2000. First recorded in 1970. Her peak year there: 2001, at 926.6 per 100,000 girls.

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Babies named Alyssa per 100,000 girls born in Ontario and British Columbia, by five-year period. Her 2001 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.

Sources: Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (1917-2024), OGL-Ontario; BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (1924-2023), OGL-BC.

Sister names for Alyssa

  1. 1 in 2,429 in Northern Ireland

  2. 1 in 587 in Ireland

  3. 1 in 596 in Scotland

  4. 1 in 2,641 in Ireland

  5. 1 in 681 in Ireland

  6. 1 in 225 in Ireland

  7. 1 in 587 in Ireland

  8. 1 in 942 in Scotland

  9. 1 in 2,347 in Ireland

  10. 1 in 559 in Scotland

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Middle names for Alyssa

  1. 1 in 107 in Northern Ireland

  2. 1 in 86 in Ireland

  3. 1 in 57 in Northern Ireland

  4. 1 in 71 in Scotland

  5. 1 in 102 in Ireland

  6. 1 in 132 in Northern Ireland

  7. 1 in 214 in Northern Ireland

  8. 1 in 173 in Northern Ireland

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Same style as Alyssa

Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.

  1. 1 in 557 in England and Wales

  2. 1 in 559 in Scotland

  3. 1 in 1,822 in Northern Ireland

  4. 1 in 919 in Ireland

  5. 1 in 587 in Ireland

  6. 1 in 1,625 in Ireland

  7. 1 in 1,921 in Ireland

  8. 1 in 2,429 in Northern Ireland

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Famous people named Alyssa

Alyssa Milano, Alyssa Diaz, Alyssa Naeher, Alyssa Sutherland, Alyssa Thomas, Alyssa Campanella, Alyssa Carson and Alyssa Healy.

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People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.

Questions about Alyssa

4 questions, on how popular she is, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.

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How popular is Alyssa?

Her best rank is No. 167 in Quebec in 2025, about 1 in 765 girls. She is in the published lists of 15 of our 40 regions.

How do you pronounce Alyssa?

uh-LIS-uh, with 3 syllables.

Is Alyssa getting more popular?

Over five years: rising in 1 of 13 regions, falling in 8.

Which sister names go with Alyssa?

The deck's top five sisters for Alyssa: Abby, Maggie, Hope, Taylor and Hayley. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.

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