Nissa
Girl · NISS-a · Modern
Nissa is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Nissa mean?
Modern: probably a short form of Anissa or Clarissa
Nissa is also the local Niçard name for the French city of Nice.
- Say it
- NISS-a
Is Nissa a girl's or a boy's name?
Nissa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nissa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Nissa, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1974, with 68 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
2025 had fewer girls named Nissa than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Nissa in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nissa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 30 | #4,175 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,734 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,964 |
| 1994 | 33 | #3,367 |
| 1993 | 28 | #3,771 |
| 1992 | 40 | #2,915 |
| 1991 | 44 | #2,697 |
| 1990 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,887 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,888 |
| 1987 | 29 | #3,166 |
| 1986 | 36 | #2,681 |
| 1985 | 40 | #2,439 |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,422 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,686 |
| 1982 | 31 | #2,900 |
| 1981 | 51 | #2,028 |
| 1980 | 32 | #2,800 |
| 1979 | 52 | #1,977 |
| 1978 | 57 | #1,781 |
| 1977 | 57 | #1,774 |
| 1976 | 48 | #1,883 |
| 1975 | 45 | #1,963 |
| 1974 | 68 | #1,464 |
| 1973 | 56 | #1,622 |
| 1972 | 51 | #1,724 |
| 1971 | 54 | #1,686 |
| 1970 | 39 | #2,081 |
| 1969 | 36 | #2,102 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
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