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Missy

Pronounced /ˈmɪs.i/

Rank in 2024
#6,212
Born in 2024
19
Peak year
1967 · #540
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 19 girls were named Missy, about 1 in every 84,905.
  • It peaked in 1967 with 303 babies, ranked #540.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1943.
  • 5,755 girls have been named Missy since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Missy per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. 0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 13 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,669 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,901 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Millennials: 778 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 240 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 154 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

  • A diminutive of the female given name Melissa.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈmɪs.i/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Missy, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyRising

    Maisy

    Rank
    #801
    Born '24
    350
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20232024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Misha

    Rank
    #2,250
    Born '24
    83
    Origin
    Russian
    1880peak 19912024