Feminine dossier · first seen 1957

Contessa

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1983

Peak era

1983

Peak births

130

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Peak generation

Millennial

Quick answers about Contessa

An estimated 1,930 living Americans are named Contessa.

Contessa fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.

The median age of a living American named Contessa is approximately 40 years, with most bearers falling between 26 and 48 years old.

Not especially. Contessa has been declining since its 1983 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.

1957Peak 19832025

Peak year

1983

Decline from peak

100%

2025

All-time

2,040

Contessa last appeared in SSA records in 2023. Across its recorded history, about 2,040 American girls received the name.

Contessa peaked in 1983, when 130 girls were given the name.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2025 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

In all, the Social Security Administration has recorded about 2,040 Americans named Contessa since 1957.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

Peak generationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1983

Living profile

1,970

Estimated living Americans with this name.

Median age41

Core range27–48

Playground Density Index 0.0%

Wave type

Steady Decline

A name with a broad middle and a downward recent trajectory.