Alysa comes from the Germanic / Greek tradition, meaning Noble / noble kind.
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How popular is Alysa?
2001peak year
Alysa first appears in the U.S. registration record in 1953. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 2001, 325 babies received the name (ranked #737). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #5790), with roughly 24 babies named Alysa each year. Alysa has been declining in recent years. In total, around 7,041 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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