Nissa
Nissa was the 16610th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1974, when it ranked 1466th with 68 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,638 places. More babies were named Nissa in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #16,610 girls, up 252 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 5girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 197468 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,532babies recorded
Nissa popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #16,610 | 5 |
| 2020 | #16,862 | 5 |
| 2010 | #7,797 | 16 |
| 2000 | #6,151 | 18 |
| 1990 | #3,877 | 27 |
| 1980 | #2,844 | 32 |
| 1970 | #2,105 | 39 |
| 1960 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Nissa, counting every spelling?
Nissa is a spelling of Nisa, a name family that had 64 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 64 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nisa | 17 | #6,759 | 103 |
| Nyssa | 18 | #6,489 | 84 |
| Nysa | 11 | #9,305 | 71 |
| Nissa | 5 | #16,610 | 40 |
| Nyza | 8 | #11,660 | 37 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Nissa?
5 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Nissa (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Nissa 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 1,661 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Nissa.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Nissa?
About 1,500 people born in the US named Nissa are alive today, with a median age of 40; half are between 27 and 50. That makes Nissa mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
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 Nissa: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Nissa, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Nissa
How popular is the name Nissa?
Nissa was the 16610th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1974, when it ranked 1466th with 68 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,638 places. More babies were named Nissa in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Nissa a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Nissa in the US.