Girls' name · since 1881
Narcissus
Since 1881, U.S. Social Security records show 318 babies named Narcissus, peaking in 1919. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #15,437 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 318
- born since 1881
- 1910s
- peak decade
Narcissus is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 318 have been recorded since 1881.
Narcissus has 318 recorded births among girls since 1881, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1881 to 1961.
- #15,437 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 318 born since 1881
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Narcissus ranks #15,437 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 318 born since 1881, peaking in the 1910s.
- #15,437 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 318
- born since 1881
- 1910s
- peak decade
Narcissus's 318 recorded births place it above 78.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Narcissus's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Narcissus's full recorded timeline at 1916, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1883, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1919 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Narcissus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1881–1961
- Peak year (1919)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 81 years of records
Narcissus by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (75 births, 24% of the file).
1910s was Narcissus's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Narcissus births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
46 births
- 1890s
1890s
38 births
- 1900s 29
1900s
29 births
- 1910s
1910s
75 births
- 1920s
1920s
71 births
- 1930s
1930s
32 births
- 1940s 16
1940s
16 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 75 births (24% of all-time use).
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- Narcissus's decade-level peak was the 1910s (75 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Narcissus: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~80 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, 1881–1961 (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 Narcissus 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.