Names / Girl names
Contessa
Current rank
—
outside the top 1,000
All-time peak
#1,067
in 1983
First recorded
1957
in U.S. data
Children named
2,000
since 1957
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #1,067 in 1983 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Is gloriously extra (which is the entire point), and. Stateside, it first shows up in 1957. Its strongest year was 1983, at #1,067 nationally. It has been picking up quiet momentum lately, though it stays below the top 1,000. Over 2,000 have carried it since records began.