Nyssa — #8517 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Nyssa

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,811 babies named Nyssa between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nyssa currently holds the #8517 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 110 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nyssa performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 577 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Nyssa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 175 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Nyssa in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nyssa 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 1,811 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.