Feminine dossier · first seen 1943

Missy

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

Endangered Down 93.7% from peak

Peak era

1967

Peak rank proxy

303

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1943Peak 19672024

Peak year

1967

Decline from peak

93.7%

2024

All-time

5,755

Missy once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1967, when 303 girls were named Missy.

In 2024, only 19 girls were given the name.

Down 93.7% from its peak.

All told, about 5,755 Americans have been named Missy and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1943.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 93.7% from peak

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