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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Missy” in the USA?

Number of people named “Missy” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Missy” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Missy” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Missy” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Missy” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Missy” by birth year

This chart shows how “Missy” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1943 5 0.000001771 5 100%
1945 8 0.000003016 8 100%
1946 14 0.000004381 14 100%
1947 10 0.000002776 10 100%
1948 6 0.000001738 6 100%
1949 11 0.000003157 11 100%
1950 15 0.000004282 15 100%
1951 19 0.000005158 19 100%
1952 15 0.000003949 15 100%
1953 41 0.000010639 41 100%
1954 38 0.000009546 38 100%
1955 47 0.000011706 47 100%
1956 62 0.000015037 62 100%
1957 90 0.000021418 90 100%
1958 127 0.000030722 127 100%
1959 132 0.000031746 132 100%
1960 186 0.000044778 186 100%
1961 191 0.00004611 191 100%
1962 227 0.000056253 227 100%
1963 215 0.000054318 215 100%
1964 223 0.000057362 223 100%
1965 220 0.000060682 220 100%
1966 239 0.000068764 239 100%
1967 303 0.000089252 303 100%
1968 287 0.000084951 287 100%
1969 271 0.000077978 271 100%
1970 268 0.00007431 268 100%
1971 216 0.000062931 216 100%
1972 174 0.000055361 174 100%
1973 155 0.000051377 155 100%
1974 109 0.000035855 109 100%
1975 102 0.000033782 102 100%
1976 108 0.000035593 108 100%
1977 100 0.000031481 100 100%
1978 83 0.000026151 83 100%
1979 91 0.000027352 91 100%
1980 175 0.000050806 175 100%
1981 121 0.000034977 121 100%
1982 82 0.000023375 82 100%
1983 55 0.000015881 55 100%
1984 58 0.000016625 58 100%
1985 64 0.000017932 64 100%
1986 68 0.000019117 68 100%
1987 49 0.00001359 49 100%
1988 46 0.000012449 46 100%
1989 42 0.000010925 42 100%
1990 29 0.000007337 29 100%
1991 36 0.000009242 36 100%
1992 23 0.000005988 23 100%
1993 36 0.000009548 36 100%
1994 21 0.000005649 21 100%
1995 26 0.0000071 26 100%
1996 22 0.000006032 22 100%
1997 22 0.000006068 22 100%
1998 23 0.000006253 23 100%
1999 9 0.000002436 9 100%
2000 19 0.000005027 19 100%
2001 15 0.000004007 15 100%
2002 13 0.000003478 13 100%
2003 19 0.000004997 19 100%
2004 9 0.000002355 9 100%
2005 15 0.000003901 15 100%
2006 15 0.000003792 15 100%
2007 15 0.000003752 15 100%
2008 9 0.00000229 9 100%
2009 16 0.000004188 16 100%
2010 12 0.000003247 12 100%
2011 18 0.000004921 18 100%
2012 11 0.000003008 11 100%
2013 11 0.000003017 11 100%
2014 13 0.000003507 13 100%
2015 9 0.000002432 9 100%
2016 10 0.000002726 10 100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 100%
2018 14 0.000003982 14 100%
2019 11 0.000003169 11 100%
2020 14 0.000004191 14 100%
2021 12 0.000003542 12 100%
2022 21 0.000006207 21 100%
2023 14 0.000004228 14 100%
2024 19 0.000005708 19 100%

Explore other names

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  1. Missiah
  2. Missie
  3. Missouri
  4. Missouria
  5. Missty
  6. Missy (this page)
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  8. Mistaya
  9. Miste
  10. Mistee
  11. Mistelle