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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Contessa

Contessa was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1983, when it ranked 1067th with 130 babies. More babies were named Contessa in the 1980s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1983130 babies
Total since 1880
2,040babies recorded

Contessa popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020#13,8196
2010#4,41633
2000#5,76019
1990#2,53247
1980#2,49638
1970#2,72126
1960——
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Contessa, counting every spelling?

Contessa has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Contessa?

About 2,000 people born in the US named Contessa are alive today, with a median age of 41; half are between 26 and 48. That makes Contessa mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Contessa by state

How common Contessa was among girls born in each state in 1981–1985, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (6.6×), Georgia (3.1×). In 39 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesIL0.04Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesOH0.02Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesCA0.03Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesVA0.04Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesTN0.04North Carolina: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesNC0.04South Carolina: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesSC0.06District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesLA0.04Mississippi: 0.31 per 1,000 babiesMS0.31Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesGA0.15Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesTX0.07Florida: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesFL0.04
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Contessa, girls, 1981–1985. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Contessa: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Contessa, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Contessa

How popular is the name Contessa?

Contessa was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1983, when it ranked 1067th with 130 babies. More babies were named Contessa in the 1980s than in any other decade.

Is Contessa a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Contessa in the US.

Where was Contessa most popular?

In 1981–1985, Contessa was most common in Mississippi (0.31 per 1,000 girls), followed by Georgia and Texas.