Alyssa

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Greek

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

Alyssa first appears in the data in 1986 and has been recorded in 29 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2003 with 124 babies (rank #122 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Alyssa

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

1,859
Total babies (all years)
29
Years in the data
124
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19867#871
19877#869
198830#413
198925#454
199055#281
199151#295
199249#300
199322#529
199421#535
199533#392
199628#448
199744#330
199853#281
199982#191
200053#275
200174#210
200267#225
2003124#122
2004111#137
2005113#128
2006108#136
200791#151
2008100#143
2009108#136
201099#149
201175#168
201288#151
201364#184
201477#162