Aylissa
A modern English feminine name potentially combining "eye" and "noble" origins.
Name Census estimates that about 282 living Americans carry the first name Aylissa. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Aylissa today is around 24 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Aylissa births was 2001 (20 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Aylissa. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
282
~ 1 in 1,215,441 Americans
Peak year
2001
20 babies that year
Average age
24
years old
2014 SSA rank
#16,917
Tracked since 1990
Census
Aylissa in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 242 people with the first name Aylissa, which placed it at #33,953 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#33,953
National first-name rank
People counted
242
242 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
40.9% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Aylissa
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Aylissa is White at 40.9%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (26.0%) and Black (24.8%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Aylissa described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Aylissa at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White40.9% · 99
- Hispanic or Latino26.0% · 63
- Black or African American24.8% · 60
- Two or more races5.4% · 13
- American Indian and Alaska Native2.9% · 7
Popularity
Aylissa: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Aylissa from the 1990s through to the 2010s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 139 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2000s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Aylissa by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Aylissa during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Aylissa
The name Aylissa is a modern English variant of the medieval feminine name Alissa, which itself is derived from the German name Adeliza or Adelise. The name Adeliza has its roots in the Old German words "adal" meaning noble, and "lind" meaning tender or soft. It was a popular name among the German nobility during the Middle Ages.
In the 11th century, the name Adeliza was introduced to England through the Norman conquest. It became a fashionable name among the Anglo-Norman aristocracy. One of the earliest recorded bearers of the name was Adeliza of Louvain, the second wife of King Henry I of England, who lived from around 1103 to 1151.
During the 12th and 13th centuries, the name Adeliza evolved into various spellings such as Adelicia, Adeliza, and Alicia. The latter form, Alicia, became particularly prevalent in England and was later anglicized to Alice. Alissa emerged as a modern variant of Alice, and Aylissa is a more recent spelling that combines elements of both Alissa and the original German form Adeliza.
One notable historical figure named Alissa was Alissa of Oettingen, a 13th-century German noblewoman and abbess of the Kloster Edelstetten monastery in Bavaria. She lived from around 1230 to 1292.
In the 14th century, there are records of an Alissa de Massington, a landowner in Massington, Leicestershire, England. She was alive during the reign of Edward III, around 1327 to 1377.
During the Renaissance period, an Italian painter named Alissa Grillo, born around 1460 in Genoa, gained recognition for her portraits and religious works. She was a member of the renowned Grillo family of artists.
In the 17th century, Alissa Bouvier was a French playwright and poet who lived from 1620 to 1688. She wrote several plays and poems that were performed in the salons of Paris during her lifetime.
The earliest recorded instance of the spelling Aylissa appears to be in the late 19th century. One notable bearer of this name was Aylissa Normann, a British suffragette and women's rights activist who lived from 1868 to 1952. She was a prominent figure in the fight for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom.
People
Aylissa + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Aylissa as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with A
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Aylissa: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Aylissa?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 282 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Aylissa going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,215,441 US residents.
Is Aylissa a common name?
We classify Aylissa as "Very Rare". It ranks above 78.5% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 288 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Aylissa most popular?
The single biggest year for Aylissa was 2001, when 20 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Aylissa is about 24 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Aylissa in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 242 people with the name Aylissa, or 0.08 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #33,953 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Aylissa in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Aylissa?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Aylissa appears almost entirely female. Of the 239 people counted with this name, 100.0% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Aylissa?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Aylissa is White at 40.9%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (26.0%) and Black (24.8%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Aylissa most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Aylissa in the 2020 Census, accounting for 40.9% (99 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Aylissa in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Aylissa a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Aylissa in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Aylissa still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Aylissa in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Aylissa can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many Americans are named Aylissa?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.