Sissy — girls' name

What the Data Says About Sissy

The Social Security Administration has registered 710 babies named Sissy between 1944 and 2013, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sissy currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sissy performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 158 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Sissy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 27 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Sissy in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sissy 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 710 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.