Narcissus

Last seen for girls in 1961 at #5,851

Peak · girls
1886 · 14 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
318
since 1881

Narcissus over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Narcissus has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201882peak #606, 1886girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1961#5,8516
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1951#5,4145
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1945#4,5565
1944#4,0546
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1940#4,3495
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1935#2,9269
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1933#3,1098
1932#4,4115
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1930#2,84510
1929#3,3948
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1927#2,69912
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1925#4,4266
1924#2,97311
1923#3,9717
1922#4,0117
1921#2,63313
1920#3,9577
1919#2,15616
1918#2,51913
1917#4,5945
1916#2,65811
1915#3,1348
1914#2,6388
1913#2,5407
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1911#1,9567
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1904#1,6596
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1902#1,4387
1901#1,6795
1900#1,17111
1899#1,5965
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1897#1,5555
1896#1,2927
1895
1894#1,3536
1893#95510
1892#1,4505
1891
1890
1889#1,0257
1888#1,1366
1887
1886#60614
1885
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1883#9205
1882#8136
1881#6238
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Narcissus! It came in at #623, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1885, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Narcissus
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1961
  • Biggest jump: 495 spots in 1893 (#1,450#955)
  • Biggest drop: 398 spots in 1894 (#955#1,353)
Rise & fade · girls
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1886 at #606 (14 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1881–1883
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,324
  • Highest: 1 in 10,324 girls born in 1886 were named Narcissus (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 336,416 girls born in 1961 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 23.6% of all girls named Narcissus (75) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s46#606 (1886)#854
1890s38#955 (1893)#1,367
1900s29#1,171 (1900)#1,487
1910s75#1,956 (1911)#2,774
1920s71#2,633 (1921)#3,508
1930s32#2,845 (1930)#3,323
1940s16#4,054 (1944)#4,320
1950s5#5,414 (1951)#5,414
1960s6#5,851 (1961)#5,851

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.

Narcissus in 1882

girls
#813
6 births · 1 in 17,975 girls

Top girls' names in 1882

  1. #1Mary8,148
  2. #2Anna3,143
  3. #3Emma2,303
  4. #4Elizabeth2,186
  5. #5Minnie2,004
  6. #6Margaret1,821
  7. #7Ida1,673
  8. #8Alice1,542
  9. #9Bertha1,508
  10. #10Annie1,492
  11. #813Narcissus6
More about 1882

girls

107,847 girls got a published name in 1882; 1 in 17,975 of them was named Narcissus, which outranked 20.9% of the 1,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Narcissus
  1. #740Zadie7
  2. #740Zenobia7
  3. #740Zetta7
  4. #813Narcissus6
  5. #813Albertina6
  6. #813Alda6
  7. #813Alwina6
  8. #908Affie5
  9. #908Albert5
  10. #908Albertha5

Tied with 94 names at #813; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1881
Risers
  1. 380Clementine#740#360
  2. 337Lissie#830#493
  3. 323Lonnie#830#507
  4. 300Erna#830#530
  5. 300Hedwig#830#530
Fallers
  1. 405Leatha#503#908
  2. 369Grayce#539#908
  3. 369Maye#539#908
  4. 369Rella#539#908
  5. 326Honora#582#908

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1882