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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #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
rankbirthsrankbirths
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
1963#553309
1962#596279
1961#581299
1960#528338
1959#641241
1958#595278
1957#618254
1956#531307
1955#1,07488
1954#1,28559
1953#1,78331
1952#1,93427
1951#2,06423
1950#4,3157
1949#3,17611
1948#3,5939
1947#4,7646
1946#4,4176
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1944#4,5745
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1942#4,1246
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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 1997

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedAKMaine: #193 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 764 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedNHWashington: #212 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 954 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #158 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 568 girlsNDMinnesota: #181 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 925 girlsMNIllinois: #190 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 908 girlsILWisconsin: #171 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 863 girlsWIMichigan: #164 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 838 girlsMINew York: #170 for girls · 119 births · 1 in 849 girlsNYMassachusetts: #185 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 883 girlsMARhode Island: #155 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 598 girlsRIOregon: #242 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,076 girlsORNevada: #140 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 570 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedSDIowa: #204 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 980 girlsIAIndiana: #211 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,058 girlsINOhio: #176 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 923 girlsOHPennsylvania: #185 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 988 girlsPANew Jersey: #131 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 633 girlsNJConnecticut: #115 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 482 girlsCTCalifornia: #196 for girls · 232 births · 1 in 961 girlsCAUtah: #221 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 974 girlsUTColorado: #216 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 952 girlsCONebraska: #217 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,028 girlsNEMissouri: #312 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,845 girlsMOKentucky: #263 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,520 girlsKYWest Virginia: #217 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,048 girlsWVVirginia: #264 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,386 girlsVAMaryland: #179 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 909 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedDEArizona: #147 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 610 girlsAZNew Mexico: #104 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 394 girlsNMKansas: #217 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,037 girlsKSArkansas: #325 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,640 girlsARTennessee: #329 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,961 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #272 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,484 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #281 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,464 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #242 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,121 girlsOKLouisiana: #327 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,665 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedMSAlabama: #269 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,481 girlsALGeorgia: #357 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,037 girlsGAHawaii: #161 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 535 girlsHITexas: #227 for girls · 121 births · 1 in 1,156 girlsTXFlorida: #214 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 1,095 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Mexico#104 · 1 in 394
  2. Connecticut#115 · 1 in 482
  3. New Jersey#131 · 1 in 633
  4. Nevada#140 · 1 in 570
  5. Arizona#147 · 1 in 610

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#104211 in 394
Connecticut#115321 in 482
New Jersey#131661 in 633
Nevada#140151 in 570
Arizona#147461 in 610
Rhode Island#15571 in 598
North Dakota#15851 in 568
Hawaii#16171 in 535
Michigan#164621 in 838
New York#1701191 in 849
Wisconsin#171291 in 863
Ohio#176671 in 923
Maryland#179261 in 909
Minnesota#181271 in 925
Massachusetts#185361 in 883
Pennsylvania#185591 in 988
Illinois#190771 in 908
Maine#19361 in 764
California#1962321 in 961
Iowa#204141 in 980
Indiana#211311 in 1,058
Washington#212301 in 954
Florida#214671 in 1,095
Colorado#216221 in 952
Kansas#217121 in 1,037
Nebraska#21781 in 1,028
West Virginia#21771 in 1,048
Utah#221161 in 974
Texas#2271211 in 1,156
Oklahoma#242151 in 1,121
Oregon#242151 in 1,076
Kentucky#263131 in 1,520
Virginia#264241 in 1,386
Alabama#269141 in 1,481
North Carolina#272271 in 1,484
South Carolina#281111 in 1,464
Missouri#312161 in 1,845
Arkansas#32571 in 1,640
Louisiana#327131 in 1,665
Tennessee#329151 in 1,961
Georgia#357211 in 2,037
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Delaware
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Idaho
Mississippi
Montana
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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 1997

girls
#200
1,478 births · 1 in 1,178 girls

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #200Marisa1,478
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 1,178 of them was named Marisa, which outranked 98.8% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marisa
  1. #197Nancy1,525
  2. #198Kiana1,507
  3. #199Brandi1,484
  4. #200Marisa1,478
  5. #201Karla1,470
  6. #202Sandra1,448
  7. #203Kyra1,445
Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. 9,582Yulisa#10,567#985
  2. 3,882Yulissa#4,306#424
  3. 2,634Tea#3,429#795
  4. 2,046Taya#2,901#855
  5. 1,202Julisa#1,930#728
Fallers
  1. 931Yamilex#707#1,638
  2. 477Suzette#998#1,475
  3. 457Chynna#834#1,291
  4. 396Moesha#547#943
  5. 377Daijah#975#1,352

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

See the top 100 for 1997