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.

Nessa

#5,736 most common girls' name of all time · #9,709 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1935–2025

Rank among girls
#5,736
Rank overall
#9,709 of 105,966
First appeared
1935
Years on the list
60 of 146
All-time
1,368
Since 2016
603
Peak year
2016 #2,294
Best rank
#2,294 2016
Girls Boys peak 83/yr
19401960198020002020

Nessa first appears in 1935. 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 63 — 63 #2,730
2024 58 — 58 #2,866
2023 54 — 54 #3,057
2022 53 — 53 #3,090
2021 59 — 59 #2,856
2020 53 — 53 #3,026
2019 43 — 43 #3,575
2018 63 — 63 #2,720
2017 74 — 74 #2,443
2016 83 — 83 #2,294
2015 49 — 49 #3,318
2014 32 — 32 #4,477
2013 32 — 32 #4,447
2012 20 — 20 #6,384
2011 37 — 37 #4,017
2010 25 — 25 #5,448
2009 31 — 31 #4,707
2008 28 — 28 #5,174
2007 26 — 26 #5,400
2006 26 — 26 #5,271
2005 31 — 31 #4,394
2004 25 — 25 #5,093
2003 10 — 10 #9,783
2002 19 — 19 #5,939
2001 17 — 17 #6,376
2000 12 — 12 #8,119
1999 17 — 17 #5,948
1998 14 — 14 #6,793
1997 6 — 6 #12,309
1996 11 — 11 #7,676
1995 11 — 11 #7,628
1994 17 — 17 #5,508
1993 17 — 17 #5,482
1992 17 — 17 #5,550
1991 15 — 15 #6,018
1990 14 — 14 #6,210
1989 11 — 11 #7,075
1988 9 — 9 #7,838
1987 18 — 18 #4,536
1986 11 — 11 #6,281
1985 9 — 9 #7,085
1984 5 — 5 #10,749
1983 8 — 8 #7,497
1982 6 — 6 #9,506
1981 13 — 13 #5,354
1980 15 — 15 #4,829
1979 8 — 8 #7,484
1978 11 — 11 #5,661
1977 8 — 8 #7,073
1976 14 — 14 #4,453
1975 9 — 9 #6,131
1974 7 — 7 #7,120
1973 5 — 5 #8,783
1972 5 — 5 #8,621
1970 6 — 6 #7,376
1964 6 — 6 #6,327
1963 6 — 6 #6,215
1948 6 — 6 #5,057
1940 5 — 5 #4,921
1935 5 — 5 #4,868