Nyssa
Girl · NISS-uh · Greek
Nyssa is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Nyssa mean?
Greek: Greek place name and name of a nymph
Gregory of Nyssa was a 4th-century Church Father; Nyssa of Traken was a Doctor Who companion in the early 1980s.
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- NISS-uh
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Is Nyssa a girl's or a boy's name?
Nyssa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nyssa in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nyssa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Nyssa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Nyssa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,324among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Nyssa, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 110 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the girls named Nyssa in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nyssa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,039 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 36 | #4,065 |
| 2016 | 40 | #3,777 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 29 | #4,806 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 34 | #4,369 |
| 2008 | 40 | #3,935 |
| 2007 | 45 | #3,600 |
| 2006 | 58 | #2,939 |
| 2005 | 65 | #2,603 |
| 2004 | 76 | #2,283 |
| 2003 | 110 | #1,719 |
| 2002 | 73 | #2,248 |
| 2001 | 35 | #3,699 |
| 2000 | 41 | #3,266 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 40 | #3,113 |
| 1997 | 43 | #2,817 |
| 1996 | 38 | #3,088 |
| 1995 | 45 | #2,682 |
| 1994 | 43 | #2,792 |
| 1993 | 42 | #2,820 |
| 1992 | 41 | #2,864 |
| 1991 | 53 | #2,382 |
| 1990 | 46 | #2,566 |
| 1989 | 56 | #2,164 |
| 1988 | 48 | #2,290 |
| 1987 | 57 | #1,961 |
| 1986 | 52 | #2,051 |
| 1985 | 59 | #1,881 |
| 1984 | 52 | #1,960 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,554 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,108 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
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