Girls' name · since 1965
Missey
Since 1965, U.S. Social Security records show 72 babies named Missey, peaking in 1965. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 72
- total births
- 1965–1982
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 49%
- born in that decade
Missey is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 72 have been recorded since 1965.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Missey has been recorded 72 times among girls since 1965, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1965 to 1982.
- 72 total births
- 1965–1982 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 49% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Missey's 72 recorded births place it above 57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Missey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Missey's full recorded timeline at 1970, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1968, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1965 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Missey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–1982
- Peak year (1965)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Missey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Missey's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Missey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
32 births
- 1970s
1970s
35 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 35 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Missey's decade-level peak was the 1970s (35 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- 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, 1965–1982 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Missey: Baby Name Since 1965 - 72 Births, Peak 1965." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/missey. 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 Missey 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.