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Alissa Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Alissa?

In 2018 the uncommon name Alissa, ranked the 1,182nd Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Alissa is currently less popular.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #236 in 1979.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1998 with 1,231 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Alissa was less than 5, most recently in 1951.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Alissa occurred roughly during the years 1955-1959, 1960-1970, 1974-1979, and 1987-1990, whereas 2007-2016 were years of successive downward movement.

Sometimes the name Alissa has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Alissa's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Alissa lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Alissa?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very low point.

The name Alissa is used by only a select few and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

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   Alissa (Girl)Alissa (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 201 1,182 < 5 --
2017 224 1,120 < 5 --
2016 223 1,134 < 5 --
2015 287 943 < 5 --
2014 321 855 < 5 --
2013 375 728 < 5 --
2012 415 676 < 5 --
2011 474 605 < 5 --
2010 584 512 < 5 --
2009 689 452 < 5 --
2008 730 433 < 5 --
2007 1,011 332 < 5 --
2006 859 376 < 5 --
2005 849 368 < 5 --
2004 955 333 < 5 --
2003 1,062 292 < 5 --
2002 1,034 301 < 5 --
2001 1,096 284 < 5 --
2000 1,156 278 < 5 --
1999 1,121 279 < 5 --
1998 1,231 251 < 5 --
1997 1,223 243 < 5 --
1996 1,073 267 < 5 --
1995 999 275 < 5 --
1994 1,078 260 < 5 --
1993 1,086 255 < 5 --
1992 1,035 273 < 5 --
1991 959 293 < 5 --
1990 998 277 < 5 --
1989 897 290 6 6,967
1988 780 318 < 5 --
1987 753 323 < 5 --
1986 828 295 < 5 --
1985 823 298 < 5 --
1984 797 297 < 5 --
1983 744 309 < 5 --
1982 789 311 < 5 --
1981 848 287 6 5,492
1980 944 266 7 4,949
1979 1,090 236 5 6,081
1978 536 389 7 4,567
1977 506 407 < 5 --
1976 406 466 < 5 --
1975 381 483 < 5 --
1974 340 510 < 5 --
1973 372 480 < 5 --
1972 301 553 < 5 --
1971 331 544 < 5 --
1970 358 529 < 5 --
1969 276 598 < 5 --
1968 235 628 < 5 --
1967 195 701 < 5 --
1966 131 874 < 5 --
1965 92 1,089 < 5 --
1964 92 1,145 < 5 --
1963 81 1,217 < 5 --
1962 45 1,692 < 5 --
1961 54 1,533 < 5 --
1960 44 1,699 < 5 --
1959 45 1,618 < 5 --
1958 42 1,656 < 5 --
1957 19 2,657 < 5 --
1956 23 2,320 < 5 --
1955 17 2,728 < 5 --
1954 21 2,379 < 5 --
1953 8 4,232 < 5 --
1952 12 3,201 < 5 --
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1949 5 5,257 < 5 --
1948 9 3,595 < 5 --
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.