Pessy
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- PESS-ee
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,167 for girls
Pessy is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 3,167th for girls in the US (50 babies).
Where does Pessy come from?
Yiddish pet form of Pesha or Pessel, used in Orthodox Jewish families
Is Pessy a girl's or a boy's name?
Pessy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 50 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Pessy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Pessy, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2008, with 6 girls.
2025 had more girls named Pessy than any year since 2015.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Pessy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
How popular is Pessy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,167th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 50 about 1 in 32,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 50 girls in the US were named Pessy, making it the 3,167th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,682nd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 63 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Pessy in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Pessy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #3,167 |
| 2024 | 55 | #2,976 |
| 2023 | 56 | #2,975 |
| 2022 | 43 | #3,593 |
| 2021 | 63 | #2,715 |
| 2020 | 62 | #2,682 |
| 2019 | 41 | #3,664 |
| 2018 | 54 | #3,003 |
| 2017 | 41 | #3,696 |
| 2016 | 34 | #4,249 |
| 2015 | 46 | #3,429 |
| 2014 | 42 | #3,650 |
| 2013 | 44 | #3,511 |
| 2012 | 44 | #3,582 |
| 2011 | 43 | #3,602 |
| 2010 | 41 | #3,744 |
| 2009 | 35 | #4,268 |
| 2008 | 38 | #4,088 |
| 2007 | 32 | #4,566 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,575 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,058 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,663 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,082 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
Names like Pessy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Poppy, Ivy, Lily, Harper, Romy, Paisley, Willow, Isla, Freya, Lyra, Tilly, Mila
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Pessy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pessy, updated 20 October 2026.