Girls' name · since 1972
Zissy
Zissy has 1,030 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,368 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,421 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,030
- born since 1972
- 2020s
- peak decade
1,030 babies have been named Zissy since 1972, making it today's #2421 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Zissy recorded 1,030 times among girls since 1972, holding rank #2421 nationally today, ahead of 86% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2025.
- #7,368 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,421 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,030 born since 1972
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zissy ranks #7,368 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,421 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,030 born since 1972, peaking in the 2020s.
- #7,368 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,421 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,030
- born since 1972
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zissy's 1,030 recorded births place it above 89.81% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Zissy compares
1,030 Top 32% higher than 68% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Zissy's all-time total is 174% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zissy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,030 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 74 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zissy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zissy's full recorded timeline at 2003, 82% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 18% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1972, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 74 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zissy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 74
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Zissy by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (352 births, 34% of the file).
2020s was Zissy's strongest decade.
352 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Zissy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 21
1970s
21 births
- 1980s 31
1980s
31 births
- 1990s 89
1990s
89 births
- 2000s
2000s
190 births
- 2010s
2010s
347 births
- 2020s
2020s
352 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 352 births (34% of all-time use).
How Zissy compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Zissy's total volume
Zissy by state
Where Zissy concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 660 | 64.1% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 18 | 1.7% |
660 of 1,030 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- New York records the most Zissys (660 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zissy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~53 yrs)
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, 1972–2025 (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 Zissy 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.