Pessy — #2982 US girls' name
1,157 babies named Pessy in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 83% of names given to girls today.
37% of everyone ever named Pessy was born in this single decade.
63 babies were named Pessy in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Pessy
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,157 babies named Pessy between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pessy currently holds the #2982 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 63 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Pessy performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 430 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Pessy shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 926 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Pessy in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Pessy 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 1,157 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.
Pessy at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Pessy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1971
- Peak year (2021)
- 63
- Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
Currently ranks #2982 among girls.
1,157 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 63 births in a single year.
Pessy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 430 births that decade — 37% of Pessy's all-time total
Pessy decade highlights
- Peak decade 430 births
- Runner-up 279 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Pessy's strongest decade
430 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Pessy by state
Where Pessy concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 926 | 80.0% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 30 | 2.6% |
926 of 1,157 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 80.0% of nationwide
- New Jersey 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 80.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1971–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.