Narcissa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Narcissa

The Social Security Administration has registered 190 babies named Narcissa between 1884 and 1996, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Narcissa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1948, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Narcissa performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 61 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Narcissa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Narcissa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Narcissa 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 190 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.