Contessa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kon-TESS-a
- Origin
- Italian
Contessa is a girls' name of Italian origin, meaning “countess”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Contessa mean?
Italian: Italian title contessa
“countess”
Italian title meaning countess, the female equivalent of a count.
Is Contessa a girl's or a boy's name?
Contessa is a girls' name.
How popular is Contessa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1983, with 130 girls. It first appears in the records in 1957.
Half of all the girls named Contessa in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Contessa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 33 | #4,396 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,377 |
| 2008 | 37 | #4,178 |
| 2007 | 38 | #4,049 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,072 |
| 2005 | 30 | #4,483 |
| 2004 | 42 | #3,486 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,440 |
| 1998 | 30 | #3,828 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,937 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,487 |
| 1994 | 32 | #3,443 |
| 1993 | 19 | #4,992 |
| 1992 | 33 | #3,337 |
| 1991 | 36 | #3,091 |
| 1990 | 47 | #2,518 |
| 1989 | 61 | #2,049 |
| 1988 | 51 | #2,211 |
| 1987 | 42 | #2,432 |
| 1986 | 42 | #2,383 |
| 1985 | 72 | #1,631 |
| 1984 | 83 | #1,397 |
| 1983 | 130 | #1,067 |
| 1982 | 69 | #1,653 |
| 1981 | 44 | #2,265 |
| 1980 | 38 | #2,486 |
| 1979 | 39 | #2,387 |
| 1978 | 41 | #2,237 |
| 1977 | 45 | #2,091 |
| 1976 | 57 | #1,694 |
| 1975 | 66 | #1,527 |
| 1974 | 56 | #1,646 |
| 1973 | 96 | #1,143 |
| 1972 | 46 | #1,832 |
| 1971 | 33 | #2,340 |
| 1970 | 26 | #2,705 |
| 1969 | 13 | #3,957 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 13 | #3,557 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,493 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,018 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
Names like Contessa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Contessa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/contessa, updated 20 October 2026.