Missi — girls' name
222 babies named Missi in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 1967. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Missi was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Missi in 1967 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Missi
The Social Security Administration has registered 222 babies named Missi between 1957 and 1985, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Missi currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1985. The name reached its historical peak in 1967, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Missi performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 122 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Missi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Missi in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Missi 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 222 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.
Missi at a glance
Last recorded 1985Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Missi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–1957
- Peak year (1967)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1985.
222 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1967 with 24 births in a single year.
Missi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 122 births that decade — 55% of Missi's all-time total
Missi decade highlights
- Peak decade 122 births
- Runner-up 68 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Missi's strongest decade
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Missi by state
Where Missi concentrates geographically — total births since 1957
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 5 | 2.3% |
5 of 222 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 2.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1957–1985 (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.