How Many People Are Named Missy?
people named Missy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 64,916 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,776 babies named Missy in Social Security records from 1943 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
303 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of MELISSA. This is also a slang term meaning "young woman".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Missy in English. Counting Missy and these spellings together, about 5,733 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Missy in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Missy alive today is about 52 years old, and 61% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 45 and 61 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Missy first appears in the records in 1943 and was given most often in 1967, to 303 babies. In 2025, 21 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1943 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Missy has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #541, in 1967. In 2025 it ranked #5,849.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,849 |
| Best rank | #541 (1967) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #663 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Missy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Missy were born in Texas than in any other state: about 467 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Missy was given 3 times as often in Tennessee, 2.9 times in Kentucky and 2.3 times in Texas.
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