Girls' name · since 1971
Pessy
Pessy has 1,207 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,591 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,187 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,207
- born since 1971
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Pessy is the #3187 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,207 recorded since 1971.
Pessy has 1,207 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3187 as of the latest data, more common than 82% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #6,591 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,187 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,207 born since 1971
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pessy ranks #6,591 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,187 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,207 born since 1971, peaking in the 2010s.
- #6,591 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,187 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,207
- born since 1971
- 2010s
- peak decade
Pessy's 1,207 recorded births place it above 90.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Pessy compares
1,207 Top 29% higher than 71% of 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
Pessy's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Pessy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,207 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 63 | 21 | 19,840 |
Pessy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Pessy's full recorded timeline at 2003, 80% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 20% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 63 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Pessy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 63
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Pessy by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (430 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Pessy's strongest decade.
430 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Pessy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 24
1970s
24 births
- 1980s 53
1980s
53 births
- 1990s 101
1990s
101 births
- 2000s
2000s
270 births
- 2010s
2010s
430 births
- 2020s
2020s
329 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 430 births (36% of all-time use).
How Pessy compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Pessy's total volume
Pessy by state
Where Pessy concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 970 | 80.4% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 30 | 2.5% |
970 of 1,207 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Pessy's data
- Pessy's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (430 total births) through the 2020s (329) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Pessys (970 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Pessy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~54 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, 1971–2025 (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 Pessy 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.