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Girl's name · #1942 in the US (2025) · 90s wave
Alissa reached its best rank, #236, in 1979 and ranked #1942 in 2025. About 39,000 girls have carried it since 1948.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 7 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#303 in Sweden (2025) · #388 in Switzerland (2025) · #411 in Austria (2025) · #907 in Netherlands (2025) · #1,299 in Belgium (2025) · #1,412 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,490 in France (2025) · #1,645 in Ecuador (2025) · #1,861 in Canada (2024).
Among 107 notable people named Alissa:
Sports figures appear 1.75× more often than among typical names — e.g. Alissa Czisny, American figure skater.
Alissa is the less common spelling of Alyssa — about 13% of babies given the name are written this way; Alyssa itself ranked #453 in 2025.
Similar names: Alyza · Tia · Alyson · Elissa · Desiree · Alyse
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