Over the past 110 years, 70 boys and 307 023 girls have been named Alyssa. The name Alyssa ranks 6421th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Alyssa in 1988. The peak of popularity of the name Alyssa came in the 1980s and 1990s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.