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Popularity of the baby name Alyssa


Posts that mention the name Alyssa

Popular baby names in Saskatchewan (Canada), 2007

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Flag of Saskatchewan

Did you know that only 15% of the 13,352 babies born in Saskatchewan in 2007 were given a “top 20” name?

Girl Names

  1. Ava, 98 baby girls
  2. Emma, 72
  3. Hanna, 64
  4. Olivia, 59
  5. Emily, 54
  6. Madison, 53
  7. Hailey, 52
  8. Brooklyn, 46 (tie)
  9. Sarah, 46 (tie)
  10. Taylor, 43
  11. Abigail, 40 (3-way tie)
  12. Chloe, 40 (3-way tie)
  13. Nevaeh, 40 (3-way tie)
  14. Addison, 39
  15. Alexis, 36 (tie)
  16. Alyssa, 36 (tie)
  17. Sophia, 33
  18. Ella, 31
  19. Avery, 30 (tie)
  20. Grace, 30 (tie)

Boy Names

  1. Ethan, 91 baby boys
  2. Logan, 78
  3. Matthew, 64
  4. Noah, 63
  5. Carter, 61
  6. Alexander, 52
  7. Jacob, 50
  8. William, 49
  9. Chase, 47
  10. Aiden, 45 (3-way tie)
  11. Hunter, 45 (3-way tie)
  12. Samuel, 45 (3-way tie)
  13. Liam, 44 (tie)
  14. Owen, 44 (tie)
  15. Lucas, 43
  16. Brody, 42
  17. Hayden, 41 (3-way tie)
  18. Jayden, 41 (3-way tie)
  19. Joshua, 41 (3-way tie)
  20. Dylan, 40

Sources: StarPhoenix, Leader-Post

Image: Adapted from Flag of Saskatchewan (public domain)

Popular baby names in the United States, 2006

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Flag of the United States

The 2006 list of popular names is finally here!

Here are the new top 20 girl names and boys names, according to the SSA. The positive and negative numbers indicate how a name has risen or fallen in rank since 2005.

Girl Names

  1. Emily
  2. Emma
  3. Madison
  4. Isabella (+2)
  5. Ava (+4)
  6. Abigail (-2)
  7. Olivia (-2)
  8. Hannah (-1)
  9. Sophia (+2)
  10. Samantha (-2)
  11. Elizabeth (+1)
  12. Ashley (-2)
  13. Mia (+4)
  14. Alexis (-1)
  15. Sarah
  16. Natalie (+2)
  17. Grace (-3)
  18. Chloe (+1)
  19. Alyssa (-3)
  20. Brianna

Boy Names

  1. Jacob
  2. Michael
  3. Joshua
  4. Ethan (+1)
  5. Matthew (-1)
  6. Daniel (+1)
  7. Christopher (+2)
  8. Andrew (-2)
  9. Anthony (-1)
  10. William (+1)
  11. Joseph (-1)
  12. Alexander
  13. David
  14. Ryan
  15. Noah (new)
  16. James (+1)
  17. Nicholas (-2)
  18. Tyler (-2)
  19. Logan (new)
  20. John (-2)

The top 20 girl names stayed exactly the same — they’re just in a different order now.

The top 20 boy names are nearly the same, except Jonathan and Nathan were bumped off in favor of Noah and Logan.

Finally, names new to the top 1,000 included…

  • Girl names: Paisley (#835), Yaretzi (#837), Scarlet (#843), Bethzy (#878), Jorja (#969), Sanai (#974), Dahlia (#988)
  • Boy names: Yandel (#674), Zayden (#871), Izayah (#976)

I also saw a number of interesting second-timers, including Imanol (969th for boys) and Yuridia (894th for girls).

Source: SSA

Image: Adapted from Flag of the United States (public domain)