Alissa

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Alissa: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Alissa: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #419 in 2009, and it stood at #504 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
43times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#419highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1072
1997	#1074
1998	#1392
1999	#900
2000	#897
2001	#779
2002	#750
2003	#781
2004	#883
2005	#990
2006	#739
2007	#716
2008	#744
2009	#594
2010	#555
2011	#583
2012	#573
2013	#712
2014	#731
2015	#674
2016	#822
2017	#899
2018	#778
2019	#955
2020	#807
2021	#936
2022	#1023
2023	#1108
2024	#1262

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #504 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1262 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1072 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1262 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Alissa appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 1,182 births with the name.

Alissa across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Alissa's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1072 (1996)	#555 (2010)	#1262 (2024)	29 of 29	1,182 (1996–2024)	74 (2012)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#689 (2005)	#504 (2024)	#504 (2024)	13 of 20	53 (2005–2024)	7 (2024)

Alissa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Alissa in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	73	4 of 10	18
2000s	379	10 of 10	38
2010sbusiest	559	10 of 10	56
2020s	171	5 of 10	34

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 56 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Alissa appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #419 in Northern Ireland in 2009.

Alissa's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1262	26	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1108	30	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1023	33	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#936	37	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#807	45	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#955	37	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#778	49	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#899	42	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#822	46	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#674	60	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#731	54	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#712	56	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#573	74	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#583	69	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#555	72	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#594	64	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#744	47	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#716	47	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#739	42	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#990	26	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#883	30	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#781	34	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#750	34	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#779	31	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#897	24	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#900	24	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1392	13	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1074	18	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1072	18	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#504	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#727	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#695	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#641	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #419, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 74 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, and 13 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Alison · #18, 74y
Alissia · #749, 28y
Alistair · #87, 51y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Dolcie · #419, 26y
Leonidas · #419, 29y
Isabela · #418, 28y
Zaria · #418, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aimee-Louise · #419, 17y
Alecia · #419, 26y
Delphine · #419, 29y
Eshan · #419, 28y

Alissa was ranked #419 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2009. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Alissa and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Alissa without appearing here.

Alissa moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1392 and #1319 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #900 and #1970.
Suzanne Compare
In 2005 they stood at #990 and #745 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #739 and #1585.
Tracey Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1392 and #1319 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #900 and #1675.
Tracy Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1392 and #1392 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #900 and #1675.

Moved ahead of Alissa

Linda Compare
In 2006 they stood at #635 and #764 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #842 and #286.
Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #955 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #807 and #460.
Mila Compare
In 2010 they stood at #555 and #616 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #583 and #261.
Meabh Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1108 and #1288 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1262 and #952.

Moved the opposite way to Alissa

Frida Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alissa went from #900 to #1262 while Frida went from #3900 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alissa went from #900 to #1262 while Meabh went from #3225 to #952.
Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alissa went from #779 to #1262 while Harper went from #3262 to #22.
Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alissa went from #883 to #1262 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.

Moved the same way as Alissa

Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alissa went from #897 to #1262 and Hayden from #3912 to #5891.
Dianne Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alissa went from #750 to #1262 and Dianne from #4137 to #5891.
Fiadh Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alissa went from #842 to #504 and Fiadh from #505 to #5.
Ivy Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alissa went from #842 to #504 and Ivy from #705 to #60.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #419 in Northern Ireland in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Alissa

Alissa at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Alissa across 2 official records

Alissa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Alissa across 2 official records

Alissa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Alissa

Alissa and the names beside it

Alissa moved ahead of

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