Cissy — girls' name
430 babies named Cissy in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Cissy was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Cissy in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cissy
The Social Security Administration has registered 430 babies named Cissy between 1946 and 1997, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cissy currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cissy performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 144 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Cissy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cissy 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 430 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.
Cissy at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cissy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1946
- Peak year (1971)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1997.
430 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 26 births in a single year.
Cissy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 144 births that decade — 33% of Cissy's all-time total
Cissy decade highlights
- Peak decade 144 births
- Runner-up 116 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Cissy's strongest decade
144 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% 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, 1946–1997 (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.