Girls' name · since 1984
Lissy
Lissy has 102 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,917 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,658 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 102
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Lissy is the #13658 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 102 recorded since 1984.
Lissy has 102 recorded births among girls since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13658 as of the latest data, more common than 21% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2025.
- #26,917 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,658 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 102 born since 1984
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lissy ranks #26,917 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,658 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 102 born since 1984, peaking in the 2000s.
- #26,917 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,658 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 102
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lissy's 102 recorded births place it above 62.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Lissy compares
102 25th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Lissy's all-time total is 73% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lissy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 102 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lissy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lissy's full recorded timeline at 2010, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1984, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lissy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Currently ranks #13658 among girls.
102 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 9 births in a single year.
Lissy by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (34 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Lissy's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Lissy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
34 births
- 2010s
2010s
33 births
- 2020s
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 34 births (33% of all-time use).
Lissy decade highlights
- Peak decade 34 births
- Runner-up 33 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Lissy's data
- Lissy's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (34 total births) through the 2020s (25) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lissy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1984–2025 (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 Lissy 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.
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