Girls' name · since 1974
Kissa
Kissa has 68 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1974 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 68
- total births
- 1974–2001
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 76%
- born in that decade
Kissa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 68 recorded since 1974.
Social Security Administration records show Kissa recorded 68 times among girls since 1974, 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 1974 to 2001.
- 68 total births
- 1974–2001 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 76% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kissa's 68 recorded births place it above 56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kissa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kissa's full recorded timeline at 1978, 35% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 65% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1974 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2001
- Peak year (1974)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Kissa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Kissa's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Kissa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
52 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 52 births (76% of all-time use).
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- Kissa's decade-level peak was the 1970s (52 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1974–2001 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kissa: Baby Name Since 1974 - 68 Births, Peak 1974." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kissa. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kissa 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 July 2026.