Analyssa
Feminine
Analyssa sounds like Annalisa, the Italian name that joins Anna and Lisa into one word, and it ends like Alyssa. It is a long, rhythmic name of four syllables, assembled from pieces English speakers already know.
How old is the name Analyssa?
Analyssa first appears in US birth records in 1989 — 36 years ago. The typical Analyssa alive today was born around 2004, making them about 21 years old. About 500 people named Analyssa are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Analyssa most popular?
Analyssa peaked in 2005, reaching #4118 nationally. See the whole 2005 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Analyssa
Italian has a habit of fusing two names into one word: Annamaria, Mariangela, Annalisa. Analyssa sounds like the last of those, the whole Italian name run together on one breath, and then the spelling turns American at the end, trading the plain -isa for the -yssa of Alyssa. The result has an Italian rhythm and an English ending, four beats long and unhurried, with the stress landing on the third.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Analyssa has no documented meaning of its own. Annalisa, which it echoes, is Anna, from the Hebrew Hannah, 'grace', joined to Lisa, a short form of Elisabeth; Alyssa, whose ending it borrows, is usually tied to the plant alyssum or treated as a form of Alice. The record does not say which of these a given family had in mind.
Pronouncing Analyssa
an-uh-LISS-uh
The stress falls on the third syllable, as in Alyssa. Some will say an-uh-LEE-suh on the Italian model of Annalisa.
Nicknames for Analyssa
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
- 1989
- Most girls named
- 200534 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #4118reached in 2005
- Change vs 2021
- −37.5%5 in 2023, from 8
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.
Analyssas among us
people named Analyssa 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
Analyssa 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
- Its parts are all familiar, so most people will say it correctly on first reading.
- Offers Ana and Lyssa as short forms, one at each end.
- Unusual as a whole name while sounding close to well-known ones.
- The spelling looks very like the word analysis, and some readers will see that before they see the name. It is a passing resemblance, but it will come up.
- Annalisa, Analisa and Annalyssa are all close by, and people will try each of those before they learn this one.
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Frequently asked
- How many Analyssas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Analyssa are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Analyssa in 2025?
- Analyssa is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Analyssa with classmates?
- Analyssa will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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