Girls' name · since 1901
Ressa
Ressa has 41 recorded births since 1901 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1959 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #37,347 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 41
- born since 1901
- 1900s
- peak decade
Ressa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 41 recorded since 1901.
Ressa has 41 recorded births among girls since 1901, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1900s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1901 to 1986.
- #37,347 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 41 born since 1901
- 1900s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ressa ranks #37,347 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 41 born since 1901, peaking in the 1900s.
- #37,347 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 41
- born since 1901
- 1900s
- peak decade
Ressa's 41 recorded births place it above 48.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ressa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ressa's full recorded timeline at 1959, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1908, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1959 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ressa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1901–1986
- Peak year (1959)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 86 years of records
Ressa by decade
1900s is the heaviest window (11 births, 27% of the file).
1900s was Ressa's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Ressa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s
1900s
11 births
- 1940s
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
7 births
- 1970s
1970s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1900s at 11 births (27% of all-time use).
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- Ressa's usage has stayed within range of its 1900s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 1980s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ressa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1901–1986 (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 Ressa 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.