Girls' name · since 1943
Missy
Missy has 5,776 recorded births since 1943 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1967 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,332 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,765 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,776
- born since 1943
- 1960s
- peak decade
Missy currently ranks #5765 among girls' names in America, with 5,776 babies recorded since 1943.
Social Security Administration records show Missy recorded 5,776 times among girls since 1943, holding rank #5765 nationally today, ahead of 67% of girls, peaking in the 1960s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1943 to 2025.
- #2,332 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,765 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,776 born since 1943
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Missy ranks #2,332 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,765 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,776 born since 1943, peaking in the 1960s.
- #2,332 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,765 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,776
- born since 1943
- 1960s
- peak decade
Missy's 5,776 recorded births place it above 96.77% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
34 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Missy compares
5,776 Top 13% higher than 87% of 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
Missy's all-time total is 15x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Missy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,776 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 303 | 21 | 19,840 |
Missy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Missy's full recorded timeline at 1985, 15% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 85% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1943, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1967 peak of 303 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Missy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1943–2025
- Peak year (1967)
- 303
- Annual births at peak, across 83 years of records
Missy by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (2,362 births, 41% of the file).
1960s was Missy's strongest decade.
2,362 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Missy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 54
1940s
54 births
- 1950s 586
1950s
586 births
- 1960s
1960s
2,362 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,406 births
- 1980s 760
1980s
760 births
- 1990s 247
1990s
247 births
- 2000s 145
2000s
145 births
- 2010s 115
2010s
115 births
- 2020s 101
2020s
101 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 2,362 births (41% of all-time use).
How Missy compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Missy's total volume
Missy by state
Where Missy concentrates geographically, total births since 1943
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 511 | 8.8% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 381 | 6.6% |
| #3 | California | | 309 | 5.3% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 201 | 3.5% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 198 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Missouri | | 167 | 2.9% |
| #7 | Kentucky | | 166 | 2.9% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 152 | 2.6% |
511 of 5,776 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 34 reporting states.
Missy appears in 34 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Missy's data
- Missy's decade-level peak was the 1960s (2,362 total births); usage has since declined to 101 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Missys (511 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Missy
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Missy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1967)
Similar record span (~82 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, 1943–2025 (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 Missy 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.