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Missy Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Missy?

In 2018 the rare name Missy, ranked the 7,980th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Missy is currently less popular.

Its highest popularity ranking of #541 was reached in 1967 with 303 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Missy was less than 5, most recently in 1944.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Missy occurred roughly during the years 1948-1962, and 1964-1967, whereas 1980-1983, and 1985-1990 were years of successive downward movement.

For a number of years, the name Missy has been moving downward in popularity. however, the number of children named Missy lately has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Missy?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very low point.

The name Missy is mostly unused but has recently started to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Missy has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Missy (Girl)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 14 7,980
2017 6 15,309
2016 10 10,592
2015 9 11,540
2014 12 9,351
2013 11 10,021
2012 11 10,186
2011 18 7,019
2010 12 9,616
2009 16 7,952
2008 9 12,276
2007 15 8,394
2006 15 8,117
2005 15 7,786
2004 9 11,328
2003 19 6,231
2002 13 8,152
2001 15 7,208
2000 19 5,868
1999 9 10,062
1998 22 4,894
1997 22 4,764
1996 22 4,694
1995 26 4,065
1994 20 4,965
1993 36 3,202
1992 23 4,477
1991 36 3,135
1990 29 3,680
1989 42 2,701
1988 46 2,395
1987 49 2,218
1986 68 1,728
1985 64 1,780
1984 58 1,858
1983 55 1,897
1982 82 1,466
1981 121 1,137
1980 175 877
1979 91 1,358
1978 83 1,405
1977 100 1,220
1976 108 1,115
1975 102 1,145
1974 109 1,078
1973 155 841
1972 174 787
1971 216 708
1970 268 629
1969 271 606
1968 287 564
1967 303 541
1966 239 614
1965 220 666
1964 223 688
1963 215 690
1962 227 684
1961 192 750
1960 185 752
1959 133 907
1958 126 919
1957 90 1,105
1956 62 1,326
1955 47 1,491
1954 38 1,665
1953 41 1,546
1952 15 2,886
1951 19 2,365
1950 15 2,740
1949 11 3,331
1948 6 5,079
1947 10 3,623
1946 14 2,701
1945 8 3,592
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.