Feminine dossier · first seen 1957

Contessa

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Contessa
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1983

Peak era

1983

Peak rank proxy

130

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Millennial

1957Peak 19832024

Peak year

1983

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

2,040

Contessa is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1983, when 130 girls were named Contessa.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 2,040 Americans have been named Contessa and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1957.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1983

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