Fun Facts About the Name Alissia
- 850 babies named Alissia: U.S. records list 850 babies given the name Alissia from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Alissia Mean?
Alissia is a modern spelling of Alicia, and its meaning comes from that name's Germanic root: "noble kind" or "of noble sort." The chain runs from the Frankish compound Adalheidis, made of adal (noble) and heid (kind, sort, type), through Old French Aalis and Alis, to the Latinized Alicia. The literal sense is a description of social rank joined to a word for kind or type, not a statement about character.
The spelling Alissia keeps the Latin -ia ending of Alicia but doubles the s, a pattern also seen in names such as Melissa. Because Alyssa is a separate English name with its own uncertain background, the doubled s in Alissia may reflect either the Latinized ending or the influence of that similar-sounding name; it does not change the underlying meaning.
Alissia Name History & Origins
The root name Adalheidis was a common compound among the Franks and other Germanic peoples. It is best known in history through Saint Adelaide, the tenth-century empress, whose name appears in Latin records as Adelheid and Adalheidis. As the name passed into French, the second element was worn down and the whole was shortened to Aalis or Alis, the form that carried into English as Alice.
Medieval Latin writers rendered the same name as Alicia, and that Latinized form was used in England and on the Continent in church and legal documents. English speakers later revived Alicia as a given name in its own right, and from it came a spread of spellings. Alissia belongs to that modern layer: it follows the pronunciation and structure of Alicia while using a simplified, phonetic-looking spelling. It is not an old form with a separate medieval history; it is a recent reshaping of an established name.
How Popular is the Name Alissia?
Alissia has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1998. Its best rank was #3,227 in 1998.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,891 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #9,559 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #10,342 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #11,272 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #12,272 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #8,973 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2019 | #9,141 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2018 | #13,890 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #11,675 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #8,909 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2015 | #9,514 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2014 | #9,004 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2013 | #13,237 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2012 | #5,563 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 2011 | #6,348 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2010 | #10,488 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2009 | #5,903 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2008 | #5,442 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 2007 | #5,104 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2006 | #4,167 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 2005 | #4,835 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2004 | #4,096 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2003 | #4,550 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2002 | #5,259 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2001 | #4,569 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 2000 | #4,536 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 1999 | #3,377 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 1998 | #3,227 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 1997 | #4,239 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1996 | #5,289 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1995 | #5,226 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1994 | #5,018 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1993 | #4,397 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1992 | #6,015 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1991 | #7,443 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1990 | #5,062 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1989 | #4,859 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1988 | #4,846 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1987 | #8,803 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1986 | #9,581 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #10,713 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #5,915 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1983 | #7,324 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #5,215 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1981 | #9,137 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1980 | #6,329 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1979 | #4,233 | 17 | 0.0011% |
| 1978 | #5,223 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1977 | #9,681 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1976 | #7,309 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1975 | #5,528 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1973 | #6,680 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1971 | #8,358 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1970 | #8,015 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1967 | #5,460 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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