Marisa

#5,099 for girls in 2025, 25 births · Last seen for boys in 1993 at #6,816
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1995 · 2,198 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
48,707
since 1934

Marisa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Marisa has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #147, 1995girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#5,09925—
2024#3,89238—
2023#3,47645—
2022#3,96337—
2021#3,73540—
2020#2,52368—
2019#2,72962—
2018#3,00454—
2017#2,16088—
2016#2,01798—
2015#1,883108—
2014#1,341175—
2013#1,351172—
2012#977258—
2011#857308—
2010#816330—
2009#705411—
2008#643479—
2007#516612—
2006#498611—
2005#391800—
2004#335953—
2003#333945—
2002#327933—
2001#318982—
2000#3021,052—
1999#2831,110—
1998#2131,433—
1997#2001,478—
1996#1691,858—
1995#1472,198—
1994#1472,186—
1993#1721,724#6,8167
1992#2201,286—
1991#2391,153—
1990#2551,111—
1989#2591,036#5,6158
1988#2481,061#4,16211
1987#256989—
1986#2471,054—
1985#258972#5,7856
1984#269901—
1983#241995#6,2385
1982#2321,096—
1981#2241,168—
1980#2351,086—
1979#2051,293#6,0565
1978#2061,257#5,0596
1977#1671,608#3,03713
1976#2221,092—
1975#370560#5,4645
1974#365589—
1973#368578—
1972#406485—
1971#450458—
1970#496401—
1969#523350—
1968#474409—
1967#472404—
1966#466412—
1965#544303—
1964#545329—
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1962#596279—
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1957#618254—
1956#531307—
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1954#1,28559—
1953#1,78331—
1952#1,93427—
1951#2,06423—
1950#4,3157—
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First appearance
1934

The first year at least five girls were named Marisa! It came in at #4,286, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1934–1935, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Marisa is popular in 1963

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedMNIllinois: #564 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 6,608 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedWIMichigan: #620 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 8,896 girlsMINew York: #358 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 2,864 girlsNYMassachusetts: #389 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,703 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedINOhio: #551 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 7,370 girlsOHPennsylvania: #511 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 6,361 girlsPANew Jersey: #288 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 2,053 girlsNJConnecticut: #259 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,736 girlsCTCalifornia: #442 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 3,348 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #666 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,272 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedHITexas: #517 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 4,123 girlsTXFlorida: #595 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,065 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Connecticut#259 · 1 in 1,736
  2. New Jersey#288 · 1 in 2,053
  3. New York#358 · 1 in 2,864
  4. Massachusetts#389 · 1 in 4,703
  5. California#442 · 1 in 3,348

Best ever in a state: #40 in Hawaii, 1977.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Connecticut#259141 in 1,736
New Jersey#288281 in 2,053
New York#358571 in 2,864
Massachusetts#389111 in 4,703
California#442521 in 3,348
Pennsylvania#511161 in 6,361
Texas#517261 in 4,123
Ohio#551131 in 7,370
Illinois#564151 in 6,608
Florida#59581 in 6,065
Michigan#62091 in 8,896
North Carolina#66651 in 9,272
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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 Marisa
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,207 spots since 2024 (#3,892 → #5,099)
  • 2,576 spots since 2020 (#2,523 → #5,099)
  • 3,216 spots since 2015 (#1,883 → #5,099)
  • Biggest jump: 543 spots in 1956 (#1,074 → #531)
  • Biggest drop: 374 spots in 2013 (#977 → #1,351)
Rise & fade · girls
61 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1934
  • Peaked 1995 at #147 (2,198 births)
  • Births halved by 2000, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 57 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1956–2012
Share of babies · girls
1 in 800
  • Highest: 1 in 800 girls born in 1995 were named Marisa (0.12%)
  • Latest: 1 in 64,291 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 31.9% of all girls named Marisa (15,537) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s17#3,701 (1936)#3,945
1940s43#3,176 (1949)#4,108
1950s1,315#531 (1956)#1,484
1960s3,432#466 (1966)#528
1970s8,321#167 (1977)#326
1980s10,358#224 (1981)#247
1990s15,537#147 (1995)#205
2000s7,778#302 (2000)#437
2010s1,653#816 (2010)#1,714
2020s253#2,523 (2020)#3,781

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.

Marisa in 1963

girls
#553
309 births · 1 in 6,238 girls

Top girls' names in 1963

  1. #1Lisa56,047
  2. #2Mary41,546
  3. #3Susan33,991
  4. #4Karen32,492
  5. #5Linda27,727
  6. #6Donna25,405
  7. #7Patricia25,374
  8. #8Lori23,899
  9. #9Sandra21,621
  10. #10Cynthia21,589
  11. #553Marisa309
More about 1963

girls

1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 6,238 of them was named Marisa, which outranked 92.8% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marisa
  1. #550Geri310
  2. #550Justine310
  3. #550Luanne310
  4. #553Marisa309
  5. #554Rae308
  6. #554Rosalyn308
  7. #554Viola308
Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. ↑ 631Zena#1,323 → #692
  2. ↑ 623Zina#992 → #369
  3. ↑ 540Trisha#1,020 → #480
  4. ↑ 457Shirl#1,304 → #847
  5. ↑ 396Glynis#992 → #596
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,195Marnita#727 → #1,922
  2. ↓ 255Velvet#623 → #878
  3. ↓ 235Delphine#904 → #1,139
  4. ↓ 224Rosita#934 → #1,158
  5. ↓ 197Lindy#885 → #1,082

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

See the top 100 for 1963 →