Girls' name · since 1915
Narcisa
218 babies named Narcisa in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,941 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 218
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Narcisa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 218 recorded since 1915.
Narcisa has 218 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2003.
- #18,941 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 218 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Narcisa ranks #18,941 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 218 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #18,941 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 218
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Narcisa's 218 recorded births place it above 73.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Narcisa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Narcisa's SSA record in two at 1935 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1915, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1924 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Narcisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2003
- Peak year (1924)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 89 years of records
Narcisa by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (67 births, 31% of the file).
1920s was Narcisa's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Narcisa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 24
1910s
24 births
- 1920s
1920s
67 births
- 1930s
1930s
54 births
- 1940s 16
1940s
16 births
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 19
1980s
19 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 67 births (31% of all-time use).
Narcisa by state
Where Narcisa concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 70 | 32.1% |
70 of 218 births nationwide.
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- Narcisa's decade-level peak was the 1920s (67 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Narcisas (70 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
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Two nationwide peer axes for Narcisa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1924)
Similar record span (~88 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, 1915–2003 (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 Narcisa 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.