NamesGirlP › Pessy
Girl name

Pessy

100% girls · 50 born in 2025

Pessy has been given to about 1,207 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2021, which makes it a current name.

Meaning
Origin
Syllables2
Pronunciation
Nicknames
Living in the US≈ 1,197
Median age today13 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Pessy per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2021 · 63
  • Born in 202550
  • All time1,207
  • England & Wales, 20255

How popular is Pessy?

Its best year was 2021, when 63 babies were given the name, ranking 2744th. The typical living American called Pessy is about 13 years old today. It is relatively most common in New York, where it accounts for 0.03% of births.

Names that sound like Pessy

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Jessy0.82
  2. Peggy0.72
  3. Penny0.72
  4. Betsy0.70
  5. Patsy0.55
  6. Presley0.54
  7. Pansy0.55
  8. Missy0.49

Middle names for Pessy

Ranked by flow score
  1. Pessy Anne0.81
  2. Pessy Catherine0.78
  3. Pessy Josephine0.78
  4. Pessy Rose0.77
  5. Pessy Marie0.77
  6. Pessy Grace0.77

Sibling names for Pessy

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Bryerbrother · 0.92
  2. Jahmirbrother · 0.92
  3. Keziahsister · 0.91
  4. Hazielbrother · 0.91
  5. Soleilsister · 0.91
  6. Ayaneither · 0.91

Where Pessy is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state
  1. New York0.03%

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Pessy Anderson0.77
  2. Pessy White0.72
  3. Pessy Nguyen0.72
  4. Pessy Moore0.72
  5. Pessy Hill0.72
  6. Pessy Hall0.72

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Pessy

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. United States1880–2025
  2. England & Wales1996–2025
  3. France1900–2025

Pessy across America

Share of 2025 births in each state. Darker means more common.
ME
WA
VT
NH
MT
ND
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
ID
SD
IA
IL
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
NV
WY
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
CA
UT
CO
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
AZ
NM
OK
LA
MS
AL
SC
AK
TX
GA
FL
HI
raremost common

Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.