Nessa
Rank in 2025
#2719
recorded as girls
Babies in 2025
63
girls 63
Peak year
2016
83 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
1,368
since 1935
Born a Nessa? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Nessa was most popular in 2016, when 83 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.05 per 1,000). In 2025, 63 babies were named Nessa, ranking #2719 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 | 2719 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 58 | 2857 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 54 | 3047 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 53 | 3073 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 59 | 2848 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 53 | 3015 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 43 | 3552 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 63 | 2711 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 74 | 2432 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 83 | 2287 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 49 | 3299 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 32 | 4455 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 32 | 4422 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 20 | 6341 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 37 | 3999 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 25 | 5414 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 31 | 4677 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 28 | 5142 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 26 | 5377 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 26 | 5233 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 31 | 4373 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 25 | 5062 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 10 | 9671 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 19 | 5897 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 17 | 6322 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 12 | 8027 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 17 | 5896 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 14 | 6719 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 6 | 12070 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 11 | 7574 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 11 | 7514 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 17 | 5445 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 17 | 5419 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 17 | 5484 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 15 | 5949 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 14 | 6131 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 11 | 6955 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 9 | 7691 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 18 | 4474 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 11 | 6156 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 9 | 6955 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 5 | 10422 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 8 | 7312 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 6 | 9237 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 13 | 5254 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 15 | 4743 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 8 | 7313 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 11 | 5563 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 8 | 6892 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 14 | 4363 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 9 | 5984 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 7 | 6900 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 5 | 8423 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 5 | 8292 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 6 | 7070 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1968 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 6 | 6009 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 6 | 5891 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1961 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1958 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1957 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1956 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1955 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1954 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1953 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1952 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1951 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1950 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1949 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 6 | 4651 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1946 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1945 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1944 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1943 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1942 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1941 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 5 | 4349 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1938 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1937 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1936 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 5 | 4204 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.