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.

Missy

#2,260 most common girls' name of all time · #3,850 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1943–2025

Rank among girls
#2,260
Rank overall
#3,850 of 105,966
First appeared
1943
Years on the list
82 of 146
All-time
5,776
Since 2016
142
Peak year
1967 #541
Best rank
#541 1967
Girls Boys peak 303/yr
1960198020002020

Missy first appears in 1943. 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
2025 21 21 #5,772
2024 19 19 #6,215
2023 14 14 #7,706
2022 21 21 #5,829
2021 12 12 #8,561
2020 14 14 #7,627
2019 11 11 #9,217
2018 14 14 #7,825
2017 6 6 #14,358
2016 10 10 #10,218
2015 9 9 #11,011
2014 13 13 #8,571
2013 11 11 #9,694
2012 11 11 #9,811
2011 18 18 #6,899
2010 12 12 #9,319
2009 16 16 #7,750
2008 9 9 #11,722
2007 15 15 #8,173
2006 15 15 #7,928
2005 15 15 #7,561
2004 9 9 #10,836
2003 19 19 #6,105
2002 13 13 #7,913
2001 15 15 #7,034
2000 19 19 #5,744
1999 9 9 #9,632
1998 23 23 #4,681
1997 22 22 #4,696
1996 22 22 #4,618
1995 26 26 #4,005
1994 21 21 #4,738
1993 36 36 #3,179
1992 23 23 #4,419
1991 36 36 #3,113
1990 29 29 #3,656
1989 42 42 #2,682
1988 46 46 #2,388
1987 49 49 #2,210
1986 68 68 #1,727
1985 64 64 #1,774
1984 58 58 #1,848
1983 55 55 #1,895
1982 82 82 #1,466
1981 121 121 #1,137
1980 175 175 #879
1979 91 91 #1,360
1978 83 83 #1,407
1977 100 100 #1,219
1976 108 108 #1,115
1975 102 102 #1,143
1974 109 109 #1,080
1973 155 155 #840
1972 174 174 #789
1971 216 216 #708
1970 268 268 #629
1969 271 271 #607
1968 287 287 #563
1967 303 303 #541
1966 239 239 #614
1965 220 220 #666
1964 223 223 #688
1963 215 215 #691
1962 227 227 #686
1961 191 191 #754
1960 186 186 #750
1959 132 132 #913
1958 127 127 #915
1957 90 90 #1,108
1956 62 62 #1,327
1955 47 47 #1,496
1954 38 38 #1,672
1953 41 41 #1,548
1952 15 15 #2,903
1951 19 19 #2,386
1950 15 15 #2,769
1949 11 11 #3,366
1948 6 6 #5,126
1947 10 10 #3,684
1946 14 14 #2,735
1945 8 8 #3,668
1943 5 5 #5,340