Alysa

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Alyssa is a feminine given name with multiple origins. Alysa is an alternative spelling. As used in Western countries, the name is usually derived from the name of the flower alyssum.

From Wikipedia

Alysa first appears in the data in 1953 and has been recorded in 69 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2001 with 325 babies (rank #737 that year). In 2024 it was given to 14 girls (rank #7,584). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Alysa

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Alysa yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

7,041
Total babies (all years)
69
Years in the data
325
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19536#5,056
19556#5,231
19589#4,204
195912#3,626
196010#4,193
19616#5,863
196210#4,272
196317#3,068
196411#4,105
196519#2,838
196616#3,151
196731#2,118
196825#2,483
196937#2,059
197041#2,018
197123#2,958
197223#2,905
197325#2,752
197425#2,835
197524#2,970
197640#2,136
197731#2,668
197842#2,193
197960#1,795
198042#2,308
198144#2,266
198248#2,116
198343#2,239
198455#1,906
198568#1,691
198682#1,505
1987119#1,209
1988146#1,077
1989172#1,004
1990213#900
1991194#968
1992228#865
1993216#893
1994228#860
1995214#886
1996237#840
1997274#768
1998277#774
1999259#831
2000297#768
2001325#737
2002286#808
2003284#851
2004302#823
2005302#840
2006245#1,046
2007254#1,037
2008193#1,286
2009144#1,561
2010124#1,696
2011112#1,803
201288#2,146
201371#2,509
201462#2,782
201551#3,213
201636#4,087
201727#4,928
201827#4,894
201924#5,314
202017#6,647
202113#8,053
202219#6,237
202316#6,942
202414#7,584