Girls' name · since 1946
Cissy
Cissy has 430 recorded births since 1946 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1971 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,945 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 430
- born since 1946
- 1970s
- peak decade
Cissy is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 430 have been recorded since 1946.
Social Security Administration records show Cissy recorded 430 times among girls since 1946, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1946 to 1997.
- #12,945 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 430 born since 1946
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cissy ranks #12,945 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 430 born since 1946, peaking in the 1970s.
- #12,945 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 430
- born since 1946
- 1970s
- peak decade
Cissy's 430 recorded births place it above 82.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cissy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cissy's full recorded timeline at 1968, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1946, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1971 peak of 26 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cissy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–1997
- Peak year (1971)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Cissy by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (144 births, 33% of the file).
1970s was Cissy's strongest decade.
144 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Cissy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 12
1940s
12 births
- 1950s
1950s
89 births
- 1960s
1960s
116 births
- 1970s
1970s
144 births
- 1980s
1980s
58 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 144 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Cissy's decade-level peak was the 1970s (144 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cissy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~51 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1946–1997 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cissy draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.