Taissa
Taissa is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:Taissa Farmiga, American actress Taissa S. Hauser (1942−2014), American sociologist
Meaning & Origin of Taissa
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Taissa is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:Taissa Farmiga, American actress Taissa S. Hauser (1942−2014), American sociologist
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The Story of Taissa
The earliest SSA record of Taissa as a baby girl name dates back to 1973, when 5 babies received it. 1973 was its biggest year on record, with 5 newborns named Taissa — #8,423 in the national rankings. About 67% of every Taissa on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Taissa last appeared in the published SSA data in 1989, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 15 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Taissa
Taissa is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1973 and has accumulated 15 births in the dataset. Taissa's peak popularity came in 1973 when it ranked #8,423. Use the chart and map above to compare Taissa'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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