Arnissa — girls' name
36 babies named Arnissa in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
36 girls have been named Arnissa since 1967, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1994.
- 36
- total births
- 1967–1994
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 56%
- born in that decade
56% of everyone ever named Arnissa was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Arnissa in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Arnissa
The Social Security Administration has registered 36 babies named Arnissa between 1967 and 1994, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arnissa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Arnissa performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Arnissa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Arnissa in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 36 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Arnissa at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Arnissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1967
- Peak year (1971)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
36 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 10 births in a single year.
Arnissa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 20 births that decade — 56% of Arnissa's all-time total
Arnissa decade highlights
- Peak decade 20 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Arnissa's strongest decade
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1967–1994 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.