How Many People Are Named Nissa?
people named Nissa are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 231,091 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,532 babies named Nissa in Social Security records from 1968 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
68 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "sign" in Hebrew.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nissa in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nissa alive today is about 36 years old, and 70% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 26 and 49 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nissa first appears in the records in 1968 and was given most often in 1974, to 68 babies. In 2025, 5 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1968 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nissa has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,466, in 1974. In 2025 it ranked #16,605.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #16,605 |
| Best rank | #1,466 (1974) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,826 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nissa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nissa were born in California than in any other state: about 128 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nissa was given 4 times as often in California and 2.5 times in Texas.
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