Contessa comes from the Italian tradition, meaning Countess.
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How popular is Contessa?
1983peak year
The name Contessa reached its peak in 1983, with 130 registrations (ranked #1067). It first surfaced in U.S. records in 1957, roughly 26 years before its peak. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #11042) today, averaging about 10 new babies per year. Contessa has been declining in recent years. Across all years on record, approximately 2,040 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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