Sissy
Sissy, also sissy baby, sissy boy, sissy man, sissy pants, etc., is a pejorative term for a boy or man who does not demonstrate masculine traits, is effeminate and shows possible signs of fragility. Generally, sissy implies a lack of courage, strength, athleticism, coordination, testosterone, libido, and stoicism.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Sissy
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sissy, also sissy baby, sissy boy, sissy man, sissy pants, etc., is a pejorative term for a boy or man who does not demonstrate masculine traits, is effeminate and shows possible signs of fragility. Generally, sissy implies a lack of courage, strength, athleticism, coordination, testosterone, libido, and stoicism.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Sissy
American parents first put Sissy on the record books as a baby girl name in 1944, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1981, when 27 Sissys were born — ranking #3,146 that year. About 22% of every Sissy on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Sissy last appeared in the published SSA data in 2013, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 710 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Sissy
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About the name Sissy
Sissy is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1944 and has accumulated 710 births in the dataset. Sissy's peak popularity came in 1981 when it ranked #3,146. Use the chart and map above to compare Sissy's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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