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Girl

Missy

The name Missy carries the meaning "Also an affectionate form of miss". It belongs mostly to the 1960s at this point. These days, it is one of the rarer names on record. It has shown up in U.S. birth records across 8 of the last twelve decades.

EtymologyDiminutive of Melissa
EtymologyAlso an affectionate form of "miss"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
0
1930s
0
1940s
54
1950s
586
1960s
2,362
1970s
1,406
1980s
759
1990s
245
2000s
145
2010s
89
Peaked in the 1960s · 5,646 total U.S. births since 1900