Allysa
Feminine · “without madness”
Alyssum was named for a supposed cure for rabies. The Greek is a and lyssa — without madness — because the plant was thought to treat the raving stage of the disease, and the flower's name is a medical claim that turned out to be wrong.
How old is the name Allysa?
Allysa first appears in US birth records in 1972 — 53 years ago. The typical Allysa alive today was born around 1997, making them about 28 years old. About 2,500 people named Allysa are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Allysa most popular?
Allysa peaked in 1998, reaching #1219 nationally. See the whole 1998 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Alyssa to Allysa
The story of Allysa
Lyssa in Greek is rage and specifically the rage of a rabid animal; there is a goddess of it in the tragedies. The plant alyssum was named by classical writers as a remedy and the name stuck to it through Latin and into modern botany, which is why a small white garden flower carries a word about hydrophobia. Whether any Alyssa is named for the flower is another question — the name appears in America in the twentieth century and its family includes Alicia and Elissa, which have nothing to do with plants. This spelling doubles the l and drops one s, which is two decisions at once.
Meaningscholars disagree
without madness
If the name comes from the flower, that is the Greek behind it. The name may equally be a respelling of Alicia or Elissa, and the flower connection is a modern reading rather than a documented line.
How the name formed
- Alyssa
- Allysa
Pronouncing Allysa
uh-LISS-uh
Three syllables with the weight in the middle. Every spelling in this family is said the same way.
Nicknames for Allysa
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1972
- Most girls named
- 1998150 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1219reached in 1998
- Change vs 2017
- +14.3%8 in 2018, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Allysas among us
people named Allysa are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Allysa sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The stress in the middle gives it a lift most English names of its length do not have.
- Ally works as a short form and stands alone as a name.
- Every sound in it is straightforward for an English speaker.
- Alyssa, Alissa and Allysa are all in the record and will be confused constantly.
- The flower reading is attractive and not documented.
- It is heavily generation-marked to the closing decades of the twentieth century.
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Frequently asked
- How many Allysas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,500 people named Allysa are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Allysa in 2025?
- Allysa is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Allysa with classmates?
- Allysa will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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