Kizzy — girls' name
2,347 babies named Kizzy in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
78% of everyone ever named Kizzy was born in this single decade.
1,117 babies were named Kizzy in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kizzy
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,347 babies named Kizzy between 1977 and 2021, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kizzy currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 1,117 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kizzy performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 1,842 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kizzy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 225 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Kizzy in 30 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kizzy 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 2,347 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.
Kizzy at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kizzy popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1977
- Peak year (1977)
- 1,117
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
2,347 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 1,117 births in a single year.
Kizzy popularity over time — boys
12 total births recorded since 1977 (Kizzy as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Kizzy accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kizzy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 1,842 births that decade — 78% of Kizzy's all-time total
Kizzy decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,842 births
- Runner-up 363 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Kizzy's strongest decade
1,842 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 78% of all-time use.
Kizzy by state
Where Kizzy concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 225 | 9.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 209 | 8.9% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 148 | 6.3% |
| #4 | Florida | | 132 | 5.6% |
| #5 | Texas | | 129 | 5.5% |
| #6 | Mississippi | | 128 | 5.5% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 119 | 5.1% |
| #8 | California | | 98 | 4.2% |
225 of 2,347 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 30 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 9.6% of nationwide
- New York 8.9% of nationwide
- Georgia 6.3% of nationwide
- Florida 5.6% of nationwide
- Texas 5.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 30 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 9.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kizzy appears in 30 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1977–2021 (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.