Missy
Missy was the 5850th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 21 babies. Its best year was 1967, when it ranked 541st with 303 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 5,711 places. More babies were named Missy in the 1960s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,850 girls, up 1,988 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 21girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1967303 babies
- Total since 1880
- 5,776babies recorded
Missy popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,850 | 21 |
| 2020 | #7,838 | 14 |
| 2010 | #9,623 | 12 |
| 2000 | #5,870 | 19 |
| 1990 | #3,686 | 29 |
| 1980 | #877 | 175 |
| 1970 | #629 | 268 |
| 1960 | #749 | 186 |
| 1950 | #2,741 | 15 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Missy, counting every spelling?
Missy has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Missy?
21 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Missy (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Missy born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 401 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Missy.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Missy?
About 5,200 people born in the US named Missy are alive today, with a median age of 56; half are between 46 and 62. That makes Missy a name most people associate with older generations.
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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Missy: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Missy, they share its era and feel.
Missy is also a nickname for Melissa.
Questions about the name Missy
How popular is the name Missy?
Missy was the 5850th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 21 babies. Its best year was 1967, when it ranked 541st with 303 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 5,711 places. More babies were named Missy in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Is Missy a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Missy in the US.