Carrissa

Last seen for girls in 2018 at #15,682

Peak · girls
1991 · 61 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
965
since 1967

Carrissa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Carrissa has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201967peak #2,163, 1991girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirths
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2018#15,6825
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2015#13,0067
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2013#14,5826
2012#9,10912
2011#16,7645
2010#13,4487
2009#15,2426
2008#10,80710
2007#11,6309
2006#10,61110
2005#8,88312
2004#7,07716
2003#6,29918
2002#5,67320
2001#5,57020
2000#5,31221
1999#3,89530
1998#3,83130
1997#4,12526
1996#3,36134
1995#3,28534
1994#2,70145
1993#2,93840
1992#2,45952
1991#2,16361
1990#2,79941
1989#2,47846
1988#2,64640
1987#3,74323
1986#3,13529
1985#3,62123
1984#3,14427
1983#3,06527
1982#4,16718
1981#3,85920
1980#3,21526
1979#4,42016
1978#5,21412
1977#3,36622
1976#5,21511
1975#5,16111
1974#4,72012
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First appearance
1967

The first year at least five girls were named Carrissa! It came in at #6,042, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1968–1970, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Carrissa
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1967
  • Peaked 1991 at #2,163 (61 births)
  • Births halved by 1997, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 30,738
  • Highest: 1 in 30,738 girls born in 1991 were named Carrissa (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 340,215 girls born in 2018 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 40.7% of all girls named Carrissa (393) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s6#6,042 (1967)#6,042
1970s103#3,366 (1977)#5,064
1980s279#2,478 (1989)#3,307
1990s393#2,163 (1991)#3,156
2000s142#5,312 (2000)#8,710
2010s42#9,109 (2012)#13,765

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Carrissa in 1967

girls
#6,042
6 births · 1 in 275,171 girls

Top girls' names in 1967

  1. #1Lisa52,437
  2. #2Kimberly33,097
  3. #3Michelle30,827
  4. #4Mary25,316
  5. #5Susan22,262
  6. #6Karen21,537
  7. #7Angela19,555
  8. #8Tammy18,652
  9. #9Melissa18,377
  10. #10Jennifer18,236
  11. #6,042Carrissa6
More about 1967

girls

1,651,025 girls got a published name in 1967; 1 in 275,171 of them was named Carrissa, which outranked 23.1% of the 7,852 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carrissa
  1. #5,457Zandria7
  2. #5,457Zenna7
  3. #5,457Zeta7
  4. #6,042Carrissa6
  5. #6,042Adine6
  6. #6,042Adora6
  7. #6,042Adrean6
  8. #6,804Adah5
  9. #6,804Adair5
  10. #6,804Adeana5

Tied with 761 names at #6,042; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. 1,873Anissa#2,519#646
  2. 1,660Buffy#2,453#793
  3. 1,522Nichelle#2,022#500
  4. 893Josette#1,621#728
  5. 862Lissette#1,600#738
Fallers
  1. 792Tatia#668#1,460
  2. 531Inger#929#1,460
  3. 400Sonji#639#1,039
  4. 389Sunday#983#1,372
  5. 325Cinda#944#1,269

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1967