Meaning and history
Alyssa is a variant of Alicia, and its spelling was probably influenced by the alyssum flower, whose name comes from Greek ἀ (a), a negative prefix, plus λύσσα (lyssa), meaning “madness” or “rabies,” because the plant was once believed to cure madness.
20062006: 10,177 births, rank #19
2007: 11,275 births, rank #14
2008: 9,653 births, rank #16
2009: 7,980 births, rank #19
2010: 6,993 births, rank #21
20112011: 6,029 births, rank #37
2012: 5,091 births, rank #44
2013: 4,214 births, rank #57
2014: 3,849 births, rank #76
2015: 3,255 births, rank #93
20162016: 2,680 births, rank #119
2017: 2,241 births, rank #133
2018: 1,884 births, rank #150
2019: 1,699 births, rank #171
2020: 1,472 births, rank #199
20212021: 1,301 births, rank #233
2022: 1,099 births, rank #288
2023: 930 births, rank #334
2024: 795 births, rank #399
20252025: 680 births, rank #453
Alyssa moved from #399 to #453 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1999, with 14,036 births.