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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Zissy

Zissy was the 2437th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 74 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,266 places. More babies were named Zissy in the 2020s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#2,437 girls, up 1,108 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
74girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
202574 babies
Total since 1880
1,030babies recorded

Zissy popularity since 1880

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Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#2,43774
2020#3,54543
2010#6,63820
2000#5,93519
1990#15,2335
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How popular is Zissy, counting every spelling?

Zissy is the most common spelling of a name family that had 74 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 74 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Zissy74#2,437309

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 Zissy?

74 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Zissy (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Zissy 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 113 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Zissy.

Chance of another Zissy in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Zissy?

About 1,000 people born in the US named Zissy are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 5 and 19. That makes Zissy a young name: most people with it are children.

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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.

Zissy by state

How common Zissy was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (10.5×). In 49 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: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.40 per 1,000 babiesNY0.40Massachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.10Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: 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: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: 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: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Zissy, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

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

Questions about the name Zissy

How popular is the name Zissy?

Zissy was the 2437th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 74 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,266 places. More babies were named Zissy in the 2020s than in any other decade.

Is Zissy a boy or girl name?

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

Where is Zissy most popular?

In 2021–2025, Zissy was most common in New York (0.40 per 1,000 girls), followed by New Jersey and New Jersey.