Clarissa
#1,113 for girls in 2025, 212 births · Last seen for boys in 1994 at #8,800
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1994 · 1,185 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 40,484since 1880
Clarissa over time
Rank among girls' names. Clarissa has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,113 | 212 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,160 | 207 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,158 | 209 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,039 | 246 | — | |
| 2021 | #948 | 278 | — | |
| 2020 | #911 | 287 | — | |
| 2019 | #746 | 378 | — | |
| 2018 | #745 | 372 | — | |
| 2017 | #680 | 431 | — | |
| 2016 | #645 | 455 | — | |
| 2015 | #697 | 408 | — | |
| 2014 | #768 | 364 | — | |
| 2013 | #705 | 396 | — | |
| 2012 | #632 | 453 | — | |
| 2011 | #598 | 479 | — | |
| 2010 | #550 | 530 | — | |
| 2009 | #604 | 499 | — | |
| 2008 | #563 | 546 | — | |
| 2007 | #502 | 644 | — | |
| 2006 | #469 | 675 | — | |
| 2005 | #419 | 737 | — | |
| 2004 | #367 | 852 | — | |
| 2003 | #376 | 808 | — | |
| 2002 | #343 | 870 | — | |
| 2001 | #325 | 952 | — | |
| 2000 | #326 | 975 | — | |
| 1999 | #317 | 975 | — | |
| 1998 | #301 | 1,005 | — | |
| 1997 | #266 | 1,093 | — | |
| 1996 | #241 | 1,157 | — | |
| 1995 | #239 | 1,201 | — | |
| 1994 | #237 | 1,185 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #258 | 1,074 | — | |
| 1992 | #244 | 1,140 | — | |
| 1991 | #305 | 909 | — | |
| 1990 | #322 | 853 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #334 | 759 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #320 | 777 | — | |
| 1987 | #345 | 697 | — | |
| 1986 | #314 | 764 | — | |
| 1985 | #367 | 633 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #363 | 635 | — | |
| 1983 | #363 | 622 | — | |
| 1982 | #416 | 540 | — | |
| 1981 | #418 | 524 | — | |
| 1980 | #489 | 423 | — | |
| 1979 | #484 | 422 | — | |
| 1978 | #514 | 364 | — | |
| 1977 | #525 | 350 | — | |
| 1976 | #478 | 384 | — | |
| 1975 | #488 | 378 | — | |
| 1974 | #525 | 318 | — | |
| 1973 | #548 | 304 | — | |
| 1972 | #547 | 305 | — | |
| 1971 | #550 | 327 | — | |
| 1970 | #566 | 321 | — | |
| 1969 | #598 | 276 | — | |
| 1968 | #597 | 260 | — | |
| 1967 | #650 | 217 | — | |
| 1966 | #644 | 222 | — | |
| 1965 | #695 | 200 | — | |
| 1964 | #624 | 262 | — | |
| 1963 | #695 | 212 | — | |
| 1962 | #667 | 233 | — | |
| 1961 | #670 | 237 | — | |
| 1960 | #713 | 204 | — | |
| 1959 | #757 | 180 | — | |
| 1958 | #796 | 159 | — | |
| 1957 | #739 | 182 | — | |
| 1956 | #736 | 172 | — | |
| 1955 | #754 | 158 | — | |
| 1954 | #834 | 127 | — | |
| 1953 | #795 | 134 | — | |
| 1952 | #930 | 99 | — | |
| 1951 | #914 | 100 | — | |
| 1950 | #937 | 91 | — | |
| 1949 | #948 | 88 | — | |
| 1948 | #936 | 86 | — | |
| 1947 | #898 | 97 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,078 | 62 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,060 | 54 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,040 | 57 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,006 | 62 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,065 | 54 | — | |
| 1941 | #942 | 61 | — | |
| 1940 | #935 | 59 | — | |
| 1939 | #903 | 60 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,055 | 46 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,116 | 41 | — | |
| 1936 | #876 | 60 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,018 | 46 | — | |
| 1934 | #938 | 54 | — | |
| 1933 | #985 | 49 | — | |
| 1932 | #989 | 51 | — | |
| 1931 | #941 | 54 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,031 | 51 | — | |
| 1929 | #959 | 56 | — | |
| 1928 | #983 | 57 | — | |
| 1927 | #963 | 62 | — | |
| 1926 | #971 | 59 | — | |
| 1925 | #895 | 68 | — | |
| 1924 | #929 | 67 | — | |
| 1923 | #896 | 67 | — | |
| 1922 | #888 | 68 | — | |
| 1921 | #837 | 78 | — | |
| 1920 | #807 | 81 | — | |
| 1919 | #792 | 79 | — | |
| 1918 | #785 | 83 | — | |
| 1917 | #752 | 86 | — | |
| 1916 | #769 | 79 | — | |
| 1915 | #798 | 68 | — | |
| 1914 | #827 | 50 | — | |
| 1913 | #852 | 38 | — | |
| 1912 | #709 | 50 | — | |
| 1911 | #722 | 36 | — | |
| 1910 | #831 | 27 | — | |
| 1909 | #706 | 32 | — | |
| 1908 | #768 | 25 | — | |
| 1907 | #710 | 28 | — | |
| 1906 | #793 | 21 | — | |
| 1905 | #968 | 15 | — | |
| 1904 | #600 | 32 | — | |
| 1903 | #734 | 21 | — | |
| 1902 | #667 | 25 | — | |
| 1901 | #530 | 33 | — | |
| 1900 | #833 | 20 | — | |
| 1899 | #644 | 23 | — | |
| 1898 | #631 | 26 | — | |
| 1897 | #660 | 22 | — | |
| 1896 | #651 | 23 | — | |
| 1895 | #658 | 22 | — | |
| 1894 | #568 | 26 | — | |
| 1893 | #687 | 18 | — | |
| 1892 | #685 | 18 | — | |
| 1891 | #624 | 18 | — | |
| 1890 | #524 | 25 | — | |
| 1889 | #567 | 20 | — | |
| 1888 | #753 | 12 | — | |
| 1887 | #537 | 17 | — | |
| 1886 | #572 | 15 | — | |
| 1885 | #658 | 11 | — | |
| 1884 | #479 | 18 | — | |
| 1883 | #465 | 17 | — | |
| 1882 | #507 | 13 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | #547 | 10 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Clarissa was already there! It came in at #547, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Clarissa
- 47 spots since 2024 (#1,160 → #1,113)
- 202 spots since 2020 (#911 → #1,113)
- 416 spots since 2015 (#697 → #1,113)
- Biggest jump: 303 spots in 1901 (#833 → #530)
- Biggest drop: 368 spots in 1905 (#600 → #968)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1994 at #237 (1,185 births)
- Births halved by 2008, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 132 yrs · run 1947–2021
- Highest: 1 in 1,464 girls born in 1995 were named Clarissa (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,581 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #237 in 1994, was only 1 in 1,507 (0.07%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 26.2% of all girls named Clarissa (10,592) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 133 | #465 (1883) | #565 |
| 1890s | 221 | #524 (1890) | #633 |
| 1900s | 252 | #530 (1901) | #731 |
| 1910s | 596 | #709 (1912) | #784 |
| 1920s | 663 | #807 (1920) | #913 |
| 1930s | 512 | #876 (1936) | #985 |
| 1940s | 680 | #898 (1947) | #991 |
| 1950s | 1,402 | #736 (1956) | #819 |
| 1960s | 2,323 | #597 (1968) | #655 |
| 1970s | 3,473 | #478 (1976) | #523 |
| 1980s | 6,374 | #314 (1986) | #373 |
| 1990s | 10,592 | #237 (1994) | #273 |
| 2000s | 7,558 | #325 (2001) | #429 |
| 2010s | 4,266 | #550 (2010) | #677 |
| 2020s | 1,439 | #911 (2020) | #1,055 |
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.
Clarissa in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 2,719 of them was named Clarissa, which outranked 97.1% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 308,035 of them was named Clarissa, which outranked 23.7% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,147Zerrick7
- #5,147Zubin7
- #5,147Zvi7
- #5,785Clarissa6
- #5,785Aadil6
- #5,785Aarion6
- #5,785Abdel6
- #6,523Aamil5
- #6,523Aarik5
- #6,523Abayomi5
Tied with 737 names at #5,785; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.