Alissa

Girl name

Alissa has been given to 38,622 babies in the U.S. since 1948. It peaked in 1998.

Meaning & origin /əˈlɪs.ə/

Variant of Alyssa, from Alicia or from alyssum.

Origin: Germanic languages

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025

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Total babies

38,622

Peak year

1998 (1,231 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1948

10-year trend

▼ -66%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Famous people named Alissa

Alissa White-Gluz

Canadian singer

Alisa Freindlich

Soviet and Russian actress

Alisa Kleybanova

Russian tennis player

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

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