Alysa
- Pronunciation
- [A-ly-sa]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- "Princess. Variant Of Alyssa, Alissa, Alisa."
- Origin
- Greek
About the Name Alysa
Alysa is a streamlined variant of Alyssa, part of the cluster of names linked to the Greek word for the alyssum flower and popularly interpreted as "princess" through its overlap with Alice and its relatives. By trimming the doubled letters, Alysa keeps the familiar, melodic sound while giving the name a cleaner, more modern silhouette on the page. It belongs to the broad late-twentieth-century wave of "-yssa" and "-isa" names that parents loved for their soft endings and feminine grace.
The spelling enjoyed a tidy early-2000s window in the United States. It first entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2000, reached its best rank of #737 in 2001, and dropped off after 2005, when it stood at #840. Altogether it was given to about 1,796 girls during its top-1000 years, the signature of a then-fashionable respelling that briefly shared the spotlight with the more popular Alyssa before easing back into rarer use.
Alysa pairs an established, friendly sound with the appeal of a simpler spelling, and it carries the same warm nickname options as its cousins, including Aly and Lyssa. Recorded variants include Aleeza, Alisa, Alissa, Alyssia, and Elissa, giving parents an unusually wide spectrum of looks, from Hebrew-flavored to classically Greek, for the same gentle and approachable name.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Alysa
US Popularity History (2000–2005)
Annual US births named Alysa by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2001 with 325 girls named Alysa (girl rank #737 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2005, ranked #840 for girls (302 US births). That's 103 places below its 2001 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Alysa Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2001–2010 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Alysa the strongest states are Mississippi, Oklahoma, Wisconsin.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mississippi | #533 | 16 |
| 2 | Oklahoma | #606 | 18 |
| 3 | Wisconsin | #610 | 20 |
| 4 | Alabama | #643 | 30 |
| 5 | Colorado | #646 | 30 |
| 6 | Maryland | #649 | 20 |
| 7 | Missouri | #652 | 34 |
| 8 | North Carolina | #673 | 37 |
| 9 | Michigan | #675 | 69 |
| 10 | Louisiana | #677 | 17 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona | #865 | 61 |
| 2 | New York | #852 | 52 |
| 3 | Illinois | #848 | 64 |
| 4 | Georgia | #821 | 51 |
| 5 | California | #818 | 212 |
| 6 | Texas | #796 | 235 |
| 7 | Ohio | #769 | 77 |
| 8 | Florida | #748 | 152 |
| 9 | Pennsylvania | #734 | 66 |
| 10 | Tennessee | #728 | 30 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2001–2010. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Alysa in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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