Contessa
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #8,055
- Peak · girls
- 1983 · 130 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,040since 1957
Contessa over time
Rank among girls' names. Contessa has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 |
| 2016 | #6,901 | 17 |
| 2015 | #6,977 | 17 |
| 2014 | #6,207 | 20 |
| 2013 | #5,143 | 26 |
| 2012 | #5,398 | 25 |
| 2011 | #6,148 | 21 |
| 2010 | #4,397 | 33 |
| 2009 | #5,378 | 26 |
| 2008 | #4,179 | 37 |
| 2007 | #4,050 | 38 |
| 2006 | #4,073 | 36 |
| 2005 | #4,487 | 30 |
| 2004 | #3,490 | 42 |
| 2003 | #5,092 | 24 |
| 2002 | #6,129 | 18 |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 |
| 2000 | #5,705 | 19 |
| 1999 | #4,445 | 25 |
| 1998 | #3,831 | 30 |
| 1997 | #5,010 | 20 |
| 1996 | #3,942 | 27 |
| 1995 | #3,492 | 31 |
| 1994 | #3,448 | 32 |
| 1993 | #4,998 | 19 |
| 1992 | #3,343 | 33 |
| 1991 | #3,097 | 36 |
| 1990 | #2,523 | 47 |
| 1989 | #2,054 | 61 |
| 1988 | #2,216 | 51 |
| 1987 | #2,434 | 42 |
| 1986 | #2,384 | 42 |
| 1985 | #1,632 | 72 |
| 1984 | #1,397 | 83 |
| 1983 | #1,067 | 130 |
| 1982 | #1,653 | 69 |
| 1981 | #2,265 | 44 |
| 1980 | #2,486 | 38 |
| 1979 | #2,387 | 39 |
| 1978 | #2,237 | 41 |
| 1977 | #2,091 | 45 |
| 1976 | #1,694 | 57 |
| 1975 | #1,527 | 66 |
| 1974 | #1,646 | 56 |
| 1973 | #1,143 | 96 |
| 1972 | #1,832 | 46 |
| 1971 | #2,340 | 33 |
| 1970 | #2,705 | 26 |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 |
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| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Contessa! It came in at #4,202, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1959–1960, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Contessa is popular in 1982
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#504 · 1 in 3,578
- Florida#1,103 · 1 in 11,341
- Texas#1,623 · 1 in 21,654
- California#2,339 · 1 in 37,147
Best ever in a state: #255 in Mississippi, 1984.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| South Carolina | #504 | 5 | 1 in 3,578 |
| Florida | #1,103 | 5 | 1 in 11,341 |
| Texas | #1,623 | 6 | 1 in 21,654 |
| California | #2,339 | 5 | 1 in 37,147 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Contessa
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Debuted 1957
- Peaked 1983 at #1,067 (130 births)
- Births halved by 1986, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 12,851 girls born in 1983 were named Contessa (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 123,429 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 31.0% of all girls named Contessa (632) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 22 | #4,202 (1957) | #4,989 |
| 1960s | 84 | #3,558 (1966) | #4,731 |
| 1970s | 505 | #1,143 (1973) | #1,960 |
| 1980s | 632 | #1,067 (1983) | #1,959 |
| 1990s | 300 | #2,523 (1990) | #3,813 |
| 2000s | 290 | #3,490 (2004) | #4,815 |
| 2010s | 177 | #4,397 (2010) | #8,322 |
| 2020s | 30 | #8,055 (2023) | #10,162 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Contessa in 1982
Top girls' names in 1982
More about 1982
girls
1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 24,541 of them was named Contessa, which outranked 86.6% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,641Rosalba70
- #1,641Tennille70
- #1,641Valorie70
- #1,653Contessa69
- #1,653Agnes69
- #1,653Avery69
- #1,653Christel69
- #1,672Candyce68
- #1,672Crystle68
- #1,672Jackelyn68
Tied with 18 names at #1,653; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.