Girls' name · since 2002
Neissa
Since 2002, U.S. Social Security records show 13 babies named Neissa, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #51,166 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,489 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Neissa currently ranks #11489 among girls' names in America, with 13 babies recorded since 2002.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Neissa has been recorded 13 times among girls since 2002, currently ranked #11489 nationally and more common than 34% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #51,166 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,489 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 13 born since 2002
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Neissa ranks #51,166 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,489 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 13 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.
- #51,166 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,489 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Neissa's 13 recorded births place it above 28.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Neissa compares
13 5th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Neissa's all-time total is 97% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Neissa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 13 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 21 | 19,840 |
Neissa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Neissa splits its recorded history at 2025: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Neissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Neissa by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (8 births, 62% of the file).
2020s was Neissa's strongest decade.
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Neissa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 8 births (62% of all-time use).
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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, 2002–2025 (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 Neissa 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.