Nissa
- #14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · girls
- 1974 · 68 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,532since 1968
Nissa over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Nissa has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 |
| 2016 | #7,602 | 15 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 |
| 2008 | #5,750 | 24 |
| 2007 | #6,812 | 19 |
| 2006 | #6,125 | 21 |
| 2005 | #6,820 | 17 |
| 2004 | #5,377 | 23 |
| 2003 | #4,804 | 26 |
| 2002 | #4,179 | 30 |
| 2001 | #5,174 | 22 |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 |
| 1999 | #6,191 | 16 |
| 1998 | #4,796 | 22 |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 |
| 1996 | #4,739 | 21 |
| 1995 | #3,969 | 26 |
| 1994 | #3,372 | 33 |
| 1993 | #3,776 | 28 |
| 1992 | #2,920 | 40 |
| 1991 | #2,703 | 44 |
| 1990 | #3,813 | 27 |
| 1989 | #3,893 | 25 |
| 1988 | #3,893 | 23 |
| 1987 | #3,169 | 29 |
| 1986 | #2,682 | 36 |
| 1985 | #2,440 | 40 |
| 1984 | #3,423 | 24 |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 |
| 1982 | #2,901 | 31 |
| 1981 | #2,028 | 51 |
| 1980 | #2,800 | 32 |
| 1979 | #1,977 | 52 |
| 1978 | #1,781 | 57 |
| 1977 | #1,774 | 57 |
| 1976 | #1,883 | 48 |
| 1975 | #1,963 | 45 |
| 1974 | #1,464 | 68 |
| 1973 | #1,622 | 56 |
| 1972 | #1,724 | 51 |
| 1971 | #1,686 | 54 |
| 1970 | #2,081 | 39 |
| 1969 | #2,102 | 36 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 |
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First appearance
1968
The first year at least five girls were named Nissa! It came in at #5,147, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2019–2021, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Nissa is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Nissa in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 4,671 spots since 2024 (#10,271 → #14,942)
- 146 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #14,942)
- 5,461 spots since 2015 (#9,481 → #14,942)
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 1974 at #1,464 (68 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 21,581
- Highest: 1 in 21,581 girls born in 1974 were named Nissa (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 34.4% of all girls named Nissa (527) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 44 | #2,102 (1969) | #3,625 |
| 1970s | 527 | #1,464 (1974) | #1,796 |
| 1980s | 312 | #2,028 (1981) | #3,092 |
| 1990s | 278 | #2,703 (1991) | #4,110 |
| 2000s | 207 | #4,179 (2002) | #6,468 |
| 2010s | 119 | #7,513 (2010) | #9,406 |
| 2020s | 45 | #9,056 (2022) | #12,122 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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