Ressie
Last seen for girls in 1981 at #10,411 · Last seen for boys in 1923 at #4,239
Given to girls 99.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1903 · 34 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,823since 1881
Ressie over time
Rank among girls' names. Ressie has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | — | |
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| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | — | |
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| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | — | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | — | |
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| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | — | |
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| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | — | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | — | |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | — | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | — | |
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,329 | 18 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,199 | 16 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,994 | 19 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,214 | 16 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,900 | 18 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,947 | 17 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,873 | 18 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,679 | 21 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,640 | 21 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,663 | 21 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,556 | 23 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,658 | 21 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,448 | 27 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,336 | 30 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,748 | 21 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,526 | 26 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,469 | 29 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,108 | 47 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,279 | 37 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,347 | 35 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,227 | 42 | — | |
| 1923 | #966 | 59 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #1,078 | 50 | #3,872 | 6 |
| 1921 | #1,080 | 49 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #1,062 | 49 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,090 | 45 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,126 | 43 | — | |
| 1917 | #866 | 63 | — | |
| 1916 | #959 | 51 | — | |
| 1915 | #865 | 57 | — | |
| 1914 | #972 | 37 | — | |
| 1913 | #881 | 36 | — | |
| 1912 | #903 | 31 | — | |
| 1911 | #853 | 25 | — | |
| 1910 | #753 | 32 | — | |
| 1909 | #719 | 31 | — | |
| 1908 | #678 | 32 | — | |
| 1907 | #726 | 27 | — | |
| 1906 | #716 | 26 | — | |
| 1905 | #699 | 26 | — | |
| 1904 | #853 | 18 | — | |
| 1903 | #558 | 34 | — | |
| 1902 | #688 | 24 | — | |
| 1901 | #645 | 24 | — | |
| 1900 | #803 | 21 | — | |
| 1899 | #680 | 21 | — | |
| 1898 | #719 | 21 | — | |
| 1897 | #735 | 18 | — | |
| 1896 | #728 | 19 | — | |
| 1895 | #893 | 13 | — | |
| 1894 | #850 | 13 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,091 | 8 | — | |
| 1892 | #726 | 16 | — | |
| 1891 | #839 | 11 | — | |
| 1890 | #693 | 15 | — | |
| 1889 | #757 | 12 | — | |
| 1888 | #753 | 12 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 | — | |
| 1883 | #920 | 5 | — | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | #830 | 5 | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Ressie! It came in at #830, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1885, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Ressie is popular in 1924
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#319 · 1 in 2,745
- Alabama#406 · 1 in 4,067
- Tennessee#457 · 1 in 4,981
Best ever in a state: #253 in South Carolina, 1917.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| South Carolina | #319 | 9 | 1 in 2,745 |
| Alabama | #406 | 8 | 1 in 4,067 |
| Tennessee | #457 | 6 | 1 in 4,981 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Ressie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1981
- Biggest jump: 394 spots in 1888 (#1,147 → #753)
- Biggest drop: 365 spots in 1893 (#726 → #1,091)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1903 at #558 (34 births)
- Births halved by 1939, 36 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1894–1917
- Highest: 1 in 7,705 girls born in 1903 were named Ressie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 333,612 girls born in 1981 (0.00%)
- 23.2% of all girls named Ressie (423) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 51 | #753 (1888) | #904 |
| 1890s | 155 | #680 (1899) | #795 |
| 1900s | 263 | #558 (1903) | #709 |
| 1910s | 420 | #753 (1910) | #927 |
| 1920s | 423 | #966 (1923) | #1,214 |
| 1930s | 220 | #1,336 (1931) | #1,655 |
| 1940s | 146 | #1,900 (1940) | #2,523 |
| 1950s | 68 | #3,052 (1950) | #4,648 |
| 1960s | 55 | #4,489 (1968) | #5,210 |
| 1970s | 17 | #7,070 (1970) | #7,744 |
| 1980s | 5 | #10,411 (1981) | #10,411 |
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.
Ressie in 1924
Top girls' names in 1924
More about 1924
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1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 29,735 of them was named Ressie, which outranked 79.2% of the 5,900 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,206Shirlie43
- #1,206Simone43
- #1,206Thalia43
- #1,227Ressie42
- #1,227Atha42
- #1,227Bobbye42
- #1,227Cleda42
- #1,244Aiko41
- #1,244Alvena41
- #1,244Buelah41
Tied with 16 names at #1,227; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.