girl's name

Cissy

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 439

Cissy is a girl's name. In 1997 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1971, when 26 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1946.

Cissy over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1940s to 1990s. The striped bar is the 1990s, still in progress — it covers 1990 to 1997, not a full ten years.

144
'40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90
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Births named Cissy by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1940s 12
1950s 89
1960s 116
1970s 144
1980s 58
1990s (to 1997) 11

How popular is Cissy?

In 1997, Cissy was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Cissy is used

England & Wales #6,961 3 in 2021
United States #13,192 6 in 1997

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Cissy

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Cissy also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Cissy over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Cissy

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Cissy — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Cissy

How popular is the name Cissy?

In 1997, Cissy was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Cissy a girl's or a boy's name?

Cissy is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Cissy most popular?

Cissy peaked in 1971, when 26 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.