Ressie — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ressie

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,823 babies named Ressie between 1881 and 1981, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ressie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 63 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ressie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 423 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Ressie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 129 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and Kentucky. In total, SSA state-level files list Ressie in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ressie 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 1,823 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.