Girls' name · since 1884
Narcissa
Narcissa has 190 recorded births since 1884 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1948 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,357 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 190
- born since 1884
- 1920s
- peak decade
Narcissa is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 190 have been recorded since 1884.
Narcissa has 190 recorded births among girls since 1884, 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 1884 to 1996.
- #20,357 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 190 born since 1884
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Narcissa ranks #20,357 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 190 born since 1884, peaking in the 1920s.
- #20,357 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 190
- born since 1884
- 1920s
- peak decade
Narcissa's 190 recorded births place it above 71.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Narcissa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Narcissa's full recorded timeline at 1927, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1884, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1948 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Narcissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1884–1996
- Peak year (1948)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 113 years of records
Narcissa by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (61 births, 32% of the file).
1920s was Narcissa's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Narcissa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 5
1880s
5 births
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1900s 7
1900s
7 births
- 1910s
1910s
33 births
- 1920s
1920s
61 births
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1940s
1940s
36 births
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 61 births (32% of all-time use).
Narcissa by state
Where Narcissa concentrates geographically, total births since 1884
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.6% |
5 of 190 births nationwide.
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What to do with Narcissa's data
- Narcissa's decade-level peak was the 1920s (61 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Narcissas (5 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Narcissa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1948)
Similar record span (~112 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, 1884–1996 (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 Narcissa 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.