Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Contessa

#4,429 most common girls' name of all time · #7,528 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1957–2023

Rank among girls
#4,429
Rank overall
#7,528 of 105,966
First appeared
1957
Years on the list
65 of 146
All-time
2,040
Since 2016
65
Peak year
1983 #1,069
Best rank
#1,069 1983
Girls Boys peak 130/yr
1960198020002020

Contessa first appears in 1957. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2023 13 — 13 #8,140
2021 11 — 11 #9,101
2020 6 — 6 #13,725
2019 5 — 5 #15,896
2018 6 — 6 #14,090
2017 7 — 7 #12,946
2016 17 — 17 #6,986
2015 17 — 17 #7,042
2014 20 — 20 #6,274
2013 26 — 26 #5,193
2012 25 — 25 #5,435
2011 21 — 21 #6,195
2010 33 — 33 #4,425
2009 26 — 26 #5,426
2008 37 — 37 #4,201
2007 38 — 38 #4,064
2006 36 — 36 #4,104
2005 30 — 30 #4,524
2004 42 — 42 #3,517
2003 24 — 24 #5,128
2002 18 — 18 #6,199
2001 20 — 20 #5,640
2000 19 — 19 #5,763
1999 25 — 25 #4,491
1998 30 — 30 #3,854
1997 20 — 20 #5,079
1996 27 — 27 #3,986
1995 31 — 31 #3,528
1994 32 — 32 #3,477
1993 19 — 19 #5,080
1992 33 — 33 #3,385
1991 36 — 36 #3,121
1990 47 — 47 #2,552
1989 61 — 61 #2,064
1988 51 — 51 #2,231
1987 42 — 42 #2,468
1986 42 — 42 #2,402
1985 72 — 72 #1,644
1984 83 — 83 #1,410
1983 130 — 130 #1,069
1982 69 — 69 #1,665
1981 44 — 44 #2,294
1980 38 — 38 #2,520
1979 39 — 39 #2,422
1978 41 — 41 #2,261
1977 45 — 45 #2,112
1976 57 — 57 #1,707
1975 66 — 66 #1,540
1974 56 — 56 #1,663
1973 96 — 96 #1,150
1972 46 — 46 #1,853
1971 33 — 33 #2,366
1970 26 — 26 #2,767
1969 13 — 13 #4,141
1968 5 — 5 #7,668
1967 10 — 10 #4,546
1966 13 — 13 #3,707
1965 9 — 9 #4,749
1964 9 — 9 #4,939
1963 11 — 11 #4,234
1962 7 — 7 #5,750
1961 7 — 7 #5,756
1959 5 — 5 #6,994
1958 8 — 8 #4,866
1957 9 — 9 #4,533