Nyssa Girl
How popular is Nyssa?
#6,324 girl name in 2025
18 baby girls were named Nyssa in the US in 2025, making it the 6324th most popular girl name.
Nyssa popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #6,324 for girls (▲ 2114 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 18 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-25% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,456 in 2015, #5,310 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2003 (110 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,719 in 2003 |
| First recorded | 1970 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Nyssa counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Nyssa family of names ranked #2,067 for girls in 2025 (#1,852 the year before), with 64 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Nyssa is most popular
Babies named Nyssa per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Nyssa by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 68 | #5,091 |
| 1980s | 377 | #1,881 |
| 1990s | 413 | #2,382 |
| 2000s | 577 | #1,719 |
| 2010s | 288 | #3,777 |
| 2020s | 107 | #5,310 |
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Questions
- Is Nyssa a boy or girl name?
- Nyssa is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Nyssa were girls.
- How popular is the name Nyssa?
- 18 baby girls were named Nyssa in the US in 2025, making it the 6324th most popular girl name.
- When was Nyssa most popular?
- Nyssa peaked in 2003, when 110 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,719 in 2003.
- How many people are named Nyssa?
- 1,830 babies have been named Nyssa in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,802 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 25.
- Where is Nyssa most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Nyssa was most common in New York, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.