Baby name

Alissa

Girl

Classic name

1998 was its best year: 1,231 births, or 1 baby in 2,987. A lasting presence, with births recorded in 77 years out of 146. In 2025, it ranked No. 1942.

38,591births since 1880

1990sgeneration

No. 251rank at its peak, in 1998

Where babies named Alissa are born

1998

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The darker the blue, the more common Alissa is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Alissa is most common in Minnesota (1.8 times), Iowa (1.7) and Wisconsin (1.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Alyssa 314,606
Alisha 56,996
Alisa 34,705
Elissa 18,033
Anissa 12,498
Malissa 8,866

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