Karissa

#2,895 for girls in 2025, 58 births

Peak · girls
1991 · 901 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
20,089
since 1961

Karissa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Karissa has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201986peak #306, 1991girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#2,89558
2024#2,60767
2023#2,73063
2022#2,49072
2021#2,38475
2020#1,818108
2019#1,888106
2018#1,840110
2017#1,591137
2016#1,394167
2015#1,247196
2014#1,198203
2013#968260
2012#876304
2011#821323
2010#736378
2009#831337
2008#798362
2007#658449
2006#616471
2005#598474
2004#546523
2003#454660
2002#459621
2001#499551
2000#434649
1999#437622
1998#428619
1997#433588
1996#422603
1995#363720
1994#345770
1993#311855
1992#309898
1991#306901
1990#313870
1989#345739
1988#412565
1987#517402
1986#518399
1985#542368
1984#579316
1983#646266
1982#672264
1981#643276
1980#767215
1979#864179
1978#858171
1977#965143
1976#1,086112
1975#1,21994
1974#1,35177
1973#1,34974
1972#1,78648
1971#2,03541
1970#1,82848
1969#2,39629
1968#3,31516
1967#2,78120
1966#2,83919
1965#3,73312
1964#6,7675
1963#5,2967
1962#5,8606
1961#4,8828
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First appearance
1961

The first year at least five girls were named Karissa! It came in at #4,882, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1962–1964, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.

Where Karissa is popular in 1986

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Karissa, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Karissa, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Karissa, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Karissa, so not publishedNHWashington: #215 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,133 girlsWAIdaho: #234 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,110 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Karissa, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #142 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 710 girlsNDMinnesota: #222 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,456 girlsMNIllinois: #836 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 7,882 girlsILWisconsin: #281 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,978 girlsWIMichigan: #407 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 3,325 girlsMINew York: #610 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 4,931 girlsNYMassachusetts: #587 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,850 girlsMARhode Island: #182 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,011 girlsRIOregon: #294 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,706 girlsORNevada: #209 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,016 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Karissa, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Karissa, so not publishedSDIowa: #290 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,994 girlsIAIndiana: #470 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,108 girlsINOhio: #656 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 6,794 girlsOHPennsylvania: #521 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 4,582 girlsPANew Jersey: #448 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,499 girlsNJConnecticut: #279 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,925 girlsCTCalifornia: #653 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 5,192 girlsCAUtah: #389 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,328 girlsUTColorado: #349 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,183 girlsCONebraska: #258 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,587 girlsNEMissouri: #377 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,855 girlsMOKentucky: #422 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,492 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Karissa, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Karissa, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Karissa, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Karissa, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Karissa, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Karissa, so not publishedNMKansas: #324 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,070 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Karissa, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Karissa, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Karissa, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Karissa, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Karissa, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Karissa, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #634 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,700 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Karissa, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Karissa, so not publishedALGeorgia: #500 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,768 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Karissa, so not publishedHITexas: #537 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 3,873 girlsTXFlorida: #706 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,039 girlsFL

Hover or tap a state for its numbers.

Top states · girls
  1. North Dakota#142 · 1 in 710
  2. Rhode Island#182 · 1 in 1,011
  3. Nevada#209 · 1 in 1,016
  4. Washington#215 · 1 in 1,133
  5. Minnesota#222 · 1 in 1,456

Best ever in a state: #89 in Montana, 1990.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#14261 in 710
Rhode Island#18251 in 1,011
Nevada#20951 in 1,016
Washington#215241 in 1,133
Minnesota#222191 in 1,456
Idaho#23451 in 1,110
Nebraska#25861 in 1,587
Connecticut#27991 in 1,925
Wisconsin#281151 in 1,978
Iowa#29081 in 1,994
Oregon#29491 in 1,706
Kansas#32471 in 2,070
Colorado#349101 in 2,183
Missouri#377111 in 2,855
Utah#38961 in 2,328
Michigan#407171 in 3,325
Kentucky#42261 in 3,492
New Jersey#448121 in 3,499
Indiana#47081 in 4,108
Georgia#500101 in 3,768
Pennsylvania#521151 in 4,582
Texas#537341 in 3,873
Massachusetts#58761 in 5,850
New York#610221 in 4,931
Louisiana#63461 in 4,700
California#653401 in 5,192
Ohio#656101 in 6,794
Florida#706111 in 6,039
Illinois#83691 in 7,882
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Karissa
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 288 spots since 2024 (#2,607 → #2,895)
  • 1,077 spots since 2020 (#1,818 → #2,895)
  • 1,648 spots since 2015 (#1,247 → #2,895)
  • Biggest jump: 124 spots in 1981 (#767 → #643)
  • Biggest drop: 230 spots in 2014 (#968 → #1,198)
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1961
  • Peaked 1991 at #306 (901 births)
  • Births halved by 2007, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 37 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1977–2013
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,053
  • Highest: 1 in 2,053 girls born in 1992 were named Karissa (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 27,711 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #306 in 1991, was only 1 in 2,081 (0.05%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 37.1% of all girls named Karissa (7,446) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s122#2,396 (1969)#4,208
1970s987#858 (1978)#1,334
1980s3,810#345 (1989)#564
1990s7,446#306 (1991)#367
2000s5,097#434 (2000)#589
2010s2,184#736 (2010)#1,256
2020s443#1,818 (2020)#2,487

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.

Karissa in 1986

girls
#518
399 births · 1 in 4,300 girls

Top girls' names in 1986

  1. #1Jessica52,682
  2. #2Ashley49,671
  3. #3Amanda40,532
  4. #4Jennifer36,187
  5. #5Sarah28,163
  6. #6Stephanie22,651
  7. #7Nicole21,292
  8. #8Brittany20,313
  9. #9Heather19,790
  10. #10Elizabeth19,074
  11. #518Karissa399
More about 1986

girls

1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 4,300 of them was named Karissa, which outranked 96.0% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Karissa
  1. #514Savanna403
  2. #516Liliana402
  3. #517Jean400
  4. #518Karissa399
  5. #519Chandra398
  6. #520Casandra397
  7. #521Fallon396
Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,719Kyrie#10,677 → #958
  2. ↑ 4,778Sable#5,678 → #900
  3. ↑ 2,034Eliana#2,484 → #450
  4. ↑ 1,497Shatara#2,484 → #987
  5. ↑ 1,374Cherrelle#2,253 → #879
Fallers
  1. ↓ 442Violeta#963 → #1,405
  2. ↓ 361Micaela#545 → #906
  3. ↓ 361Tasia#572 → #933
  4. ↓ 324Jo#925 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 306Tammie#987 → #1,293

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

See the top 100 for 1986 →