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Missy

Gender

Female

Origin

American
form of melissa

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Missy

Pronunciation

m(is)-sy

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 1967 (rank #540, 303 births); most recent 2025 (rank #5722, 21 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
202521
202419
202314
202221
202112
202014
201911
201814
20176
201610

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2004 (rank #821, 33 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2604, 10 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202510
202414
202321
202210
202112
202012
20199
201814
201714
201614

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2006 (rank #2647, 9 births); most recent 2023 (rank #3528, 6 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
20236
20223
20216
20204
20197
2018–
20174
2016–
2015–
20144

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2009 (rank #668, 4 births); most recent 2014 (rank #802, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence