Rissie — girls' name
161 babies named Rissie in U.S. Social Security records since 1884, with the highest year being 1900. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Rissie was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Rissie in 1900 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rissie
The Social Security Administration has registered 161 babies named Rissie between 1884 and 1939, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rissie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1939. The name reached its historical peak in 1900, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rissie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Rissie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rissie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rissie 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 161 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.
Rissie at a glance
Last recorded 1939Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rissie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1939–1884
- Peak year (1900)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 56 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1939.
161 total births across 56 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1900 with 13 births in a single year.
Rissie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 52 births that decade — 32% of Rissie's all-time total
Rissie decade highlights
- Peak decade 52 births
- Runner-up 41 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Rissie's strongest decade
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Rissie by state
Where Rissie concentrates geographically — total births since 1884
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kentucky | | 17 | 10.6% |
17 of 161 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Kentucky 10.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Kentucky accounts for 10.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1884–1939 (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.