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.

Nyssa

#4,741 most common girls' name of all time · #8,045 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1970–2025

Rank among girls
#4,741
Rank overall
#8,045 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
1,830
Since 2016
242
Peak year
2003 #1,727
Best rank
#1,727 2003
Girls Boys peak 110/yr
198020002020

Nyssa first appears in 1970. 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 18 — 18 #6,380
2024 12 — 12 #8,569
2023 18 — 18 #6,500
2022 16 — 16 #7,079
2021 20 — 20 #6,029
2020 23 — 23 #5,369
2019 26 — 26 #5,081
2018 33 — 33 #4,284
2017 36 — 36 #4,098
2016 40 — 40 #3,813
2015 24 — 24 #5,525
2014 26 — 26 #5,216
2013 23 — 23 #5,715
2012 26 — 26 #5,301
2011 29 — 29 #4,846
2010 25 — 25 #5,483
2009 34 — 34 #4,413
2008 40 — 40 #3,965
2007 45 — 45 #3,626
2006 58 — 58 #2,958
2005 65 — 65 #2,621
2004 76 — 76 #2,302
2003 110 — 110 #1,727
2002 73 — 73 #2,258
2001 35 — 35 #3,744
2000 41 — 41 #3,301
1999 22 — 22 #4,952
1998 40 — 40 #3,144
1997 43 — 43 #2,846
1996 38 — 38 #3,125
1995 45 — 45 #2,721
1994 43 — 43 #2,823
1993 42 — 42 #2,860
1992 41 — 41 #2,901
1991 53 — 53 #2,410
1990 46 — 46 #2,592
1989 56 — 56 #2,186
1988 48 — 48 #2,315
1987 57 — 57 #1,980
1986 52 — 52 #2,071
1985 59 — 59 #1,899
1984 52 — 52 #1,982
1983 22 — 22 #3,654
1982 11 — 11 #6,191
1981 8 — 8 #7,838
1980 12 — 12 #5,796
1979 13 — 13 #5,336
1978 10 — 10 #6,280
1977 8 — 8 #7,327
1975 8 — 8 #6,969
1973 7 — 7 #7,270
1972 10 — 10 #5,437
1971 5 — 5 #9,252
1970 7 — 7 #7,033