Feminine dossier · first seen 1950

Alyssa

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Alyssa
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 94.4% from peak

Peak era

1999

Peak rank proxy

14,036

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1950Peak 19992024

Peak year

1999

Decline from peak

94.4%

2024

793

All-time

313,912

Alyssa once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1999, when 14,036 girls were named Alyssa.

In 2024, only 793 girls were given the name.

Down 94.4% from its peak.

All told, about 313,912 Americans have been named Alyssa and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1950.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 94.4% from peak

199914,036 girls named Alyssa

2024793 girls named Alyssa

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