Missy — #6186 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Missy

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,755 babies named Missy between 1943 and 2024, spanning 82 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Missy currently holds the #6186 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1967, when 303 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Missy performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 2,362 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Missy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 511 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Missy in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Missy 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 5,755 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.