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Alyza

Feminine · “joyful”

1990high 2004
#2354 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare77 girls in 2025

Alyza respells Aliza, which is joyful in Hebrew — from a root meaning to rejoice.

How old is the name Alyza?

Alyza first appears in US birth records in 1990 — 35 years ago. The typical Alyza alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 1,800 people named Alyza are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Alyza most popular?

Alyza peaked in 2004, reaching #1999 nationally. Today it ranks #2354, 355 places below that high. See the whole 2004 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Alyza

Modern Israeli naming drew heavily on ordinary Hebrew adjectives — Aliza from joyful, Ora from light, Ilana from tree — rather than only on biblical figures. Aliza is standard in Israel. The Alyza spelling appears in American records in current use.

Meaning

joyful, cheerful

From the Hebrew aliza, 'joyful' or 'merry', from the root '-l-z, 'to rejoice'. It is ordinary modern Hebrew vocabulary rather than a biblical name. The Alyza spelling is a modern English variant. The Hebrew is documented.

How the name formed

  1. aliza
  2. Alyza

Related forms: עליזה · Aliza · Alizah

Pronouncing Alyza

ah-LEE-zah

Three syllables, stress in the middle. Hebrew stresses the final syllable.

Nicknames for Alyza

Moderate

AlyThe front of the name, and a short form with real modern currency
LizaThe back of the name, and a name in its own right with a real record
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1990–202592460927719902025

US babies named Alyza per year from 1990 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#19991990s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1990
Most girls named
200492 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1999reached in 2004
Change vs 2024
+6.9%77 in 2025, from 72
Alyza sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2004, with 92 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Alyza in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • עליזה in Hebrew — related form
  • Aliza in English — spelling variant
  • Alizah in English — spelling variant

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.

Alyzas among us

1,800

people named Alyza are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 20,874 born in 2025 was named Alyza

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Alyza

#2354
Alyza on the 2025 chart
#394
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Alyza went to 77 girls in 2025, but Aliza, Alisa and Alizah and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 8 spellings went to 754, which makes it the 394th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,960 places above the chart.

About 1 girl in 2,132 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 20,874 for Alyza itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Charletta test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Alyza's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Charletta climbed just as high around 1968, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Charletta's path sketches the road Alyza is walking now.

40%chance Alyza will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Alyza, aligned on its peakCharletta· peak 1968not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+40 yrsCharletta · #11801Alyza today
Alyza today is about where Charletta stood in 1989 — 21 years past a #1999-sized peak. By 2004, Charletta had settled around #11801.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Alyza sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Alyza is headed

19902030

US babies named Alyza per year, 1990 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Alyza should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady0% by 2030projected around #2,462 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Alyza beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Alyza in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Alyzathis name77#2354Eunice77#2354Aislyn77#2354Klani77#2354Laniyah77#2354

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • The joyful meaning is transparent and warm.
  • Aly and Liza are two short forms, both with real records.
  • Three syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
What to consider
  • Aliza is the standard spelling.
  • Eliza is an unrelated English name that sounds close.
  • Hebrew and English stress it differently.

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Frequently asked

How many Alyzas are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,800 people named Alyza are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Alyza?
Alyza is one of 8 recorded spellings. Aliza is the more common one — 420 births in 2025 against 77 for Alyza.
How popular is the name Alyza in 2025?
Alyza ranks #2354 among US girl names in 2025, with 77 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Alyza?
About 1 in every 20,874 US girls born in 2025 was named Alyza — 77 in all.
Will my child share the name Alyza with classmates?
Alyza will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Alyza

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Eunice#2354 · Aislyn#2354 · Klani#2354 · Laniyah#2354 · Roxana#2354 · Ameena#2354 · Adilynn#2354 · Naira#2354

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