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Nissa

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Nissa is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 9 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
90.00% of girls
Peak year
197468 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1968
1,527people given the name
Babies named Nissa, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,527 girls have been named Nissa in the United States since 1968, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1974, with 68 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1985, and the 1970s alone account for 35%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Nissa
1960s44
1970s527
1980s312
1990s278
2000s207
2010s119
2020s40

In 1974, its biggest year

Nissa was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1974 were Jennifer, Amy, Michelle, Heather and Angela. See all of 1974.

Names that rose and fell with Nissa

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.