Allysia
Feminine · “A spelling of Alicia”
Allysia is a spelling of Alicia, the Latinized Alice, with a doubled l and a y. Two of the twentieth century's great ballerinas carried the name: one danced leading roles while nearly blind, the other was renamed to sound Russian.
How old is the name Allysia?
Allysia first appears in US birth records in 1974 — 51 years ago. The typical Allysia alive today was born around 1997, making them about 28 years old. About 600 people named Allysia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Allysia most popular?
Allysia peaked in 1997, reaching #3224 nationally. See the whole 1997 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Adalheidis to Allysia
The story of Allysia
Alicia Alonso of Havana lost most of her sight to detached retinas as a young woman, and went on dancing Giselle and other great roles for decades, guided by lights at the edge of the stage and partners who placed themselves exactly where she expected; she founded the Ballet Nacional de Cuba. In London, Lilian Alicia Marks joined Diaghilev's Ballets Russes at fourteen, and he renamed her Alicia Markova because his company was supposed to sound Russian; she became the first great English ballerina. Allysia is one of the spellings of Alicia used by American families in the late twentieth century.
Meaning
A spelling of Alicia, the Latin form of Alice, 'noble'
Alice comes from the Germanic Adalheidis, 'noble kind'; Alicia is its Latinized form.
How the name formed
- Adalheidis
- Alice
- Alicia
- Allysia
Related forms: Alicia · Alice · Alice
Pronouncing Allysia
uh-LEE-shuh
Three syllables with the stress on the second; some families say uh-LEE-see-uh.
Nicknames for Allysia
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
- 1974
- Most girls named
- 199736 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3224reached in 1997
- Change vs 2015
- 0.0%5 in 2019, from 5
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.
Allysia in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Alicia in Spanish — same name
- Alice in English — related form
- Alice in Italian — related form
Allysias among us
people named Allysia 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
Allysia 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
- Sounds like Alicia, a name everyone knows.
- Comes with Ally as a ready short form.
- Distinct on paper.
- People will write Alicia or Alyssa.
- Two pronunciations are common.
- The y reads to some as a spelling slip.
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- How many Allysias are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Allysia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Allysia in 2025?
- Allysia is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
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- Allysia will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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