Marissa
#1,673 for girls in 2025, 123 births · Last seen for boys in 2008 at #11,037
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1994 · 6,246 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 17 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 120,842since 1936
Marissa over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #1,673 | 123 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,492 | 146 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,544 | 138 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,309 | 180 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,236 | 190 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,081 | 228 | — | |
| 2019 | #874 | 307 | — | |
| 2018 | #883 | 306 | — | |
| 2017 | #678 | 433 | — | |
| 2016 | #595 | 507 | — | |
| 2015 | #534 | 583 | — | |
| 2014 | #466 | 683 | — | |
| 2013 | #377 | 820 | — | |
| 2012 | #320 | 1,007 | — | |
| 2011 | #257 | 1,245 | — | |
| 2010 | #202 | 1,532 | — | |
| 2009 | #183 | 1,796 | — | |
| 2008 | #155 | 2,174 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #132 | 2,622 | — | |
| 2006 | #104 | 3,163 | — | |
| 2005 | #91 | 3,592 | — | |
| 2004 | #78 | 4,009 | #5,007 | 16 |
| 2003 | #95 | 3,517 | #8,643 | 7 |
| 2002 | #99 | 3,317 | — | |
| 2001 | #79 | 3,853 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #78 | 4,025 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #73 | 4,389 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #66 | 4,722 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #60 | 5,298 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #59 | 5,752 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #53 | 6,081 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | #53 | 6,246 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | #59 | 5,626 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #72 | 4,873 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #81 | 4,421 | #5,521 | 9 |
| 1990 | #87 | 3,806 | #2,952 | 21 |
| 1989 | #81 | 3,794 | #2,902 | 21 |
| 1988 | #101 | 2,810 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #109 | 2,543 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #115 | 2,443 | #3,268 | 14 |
| 1985 | #152 | 1,890 | #2,598 | 19 |
| 1984 | #170 | 1,627 | — | |
| 1983 | #170 | 1,620 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | #181 | 1,518 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #187 | 1,453 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #193 | 1,403 | — | |
| 1979 | #194 | 1,386 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #218 | 1,147 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #232 | 1,069 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #349 | 614 | — | |
| 1975 | #482 | 381 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #484 | 365 | — | |
| 1973 | #498 | 350 | — | |
| 1972 | #586 | 273 | — | |
| 1971 | #618 | 274 | — | |
| 1970 | #631 | 263 | — | |
| 1969 | #622 | 256 | — | |
| 1968 | #623 | 238 | — | |
| 1967 | #661 | 210 | — | |
| 1966 | #843 | 140 | — | |
| 1965 | #957 | 114 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,097 | 99 | — | |
| 1963 | #983 | 117 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,054 | 105 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,070 | 104 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,131 | 92 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,326 | 65 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,104 | 91 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,211 | 76 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,249 | 69 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,641 | 39 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,450 | 20 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,431 | 19 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,806 | 15 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | — | |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | — | |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | — | |
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| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | — | |
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| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Marissa! It came in at #4,181, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1936–1945, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Marissa is popular in 1967
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Connecticut#321 · 1 in 2,317
- Texas#473 · 1 in 3,170
- Massachusetts#475 · 1 in 6,225
- California#488 · 1 in 3,730
- Maryland#518 · 1 in 5,157
Best ever in a state: #12 in New Mexico, 1995.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | #321 | 9 | 1 in 2,317 |
| Texas | #473 | 29 | 1 in 3,170 |
| Massachusetts | #475 | 7 | 1 in 6,225 |
| California | #488 | 41 | 1 in 3,730 |
| Maryland | #518 | 5 | 1 in 5,157 |
| Pennsylvania | #532 | 14 | 1 in 6,100 |
| New York | #581 | 24 | 1 in 5,812 |
| Illinois | #609 | 13 | 1 in 6,574 |
| Michigan | #645 | 8 | 1 in 8,907 |
| Ohio | #713 | 8 | 1 in 10,341 |
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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 Marissa
- 181 spots since 2024 (#1,492 → #1,673)
- 592 spots since 2020 (#1,081 → #1,673)
- 1,139 spots since 2015 (#534 → #1,673)
- Biggest jump: 182 spots in 1967 (#843 → #661)
- Biggest drop: 207 spots in 2020 (#874 → #1,081)
- Debuted 1936
- Peaked 1994 at #53 (6,246 births)
- Births halved by 2007, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 17 yrs · run 1989–2005
- Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1965–2019
- Highest: 1 in 286 girls born in 1994 were named Marissa (0.35%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,067 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 42.4% of all girls named Marissa (51,214) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 | #4,181 (1936) | #4,181 |
| 1940s | 21 | #3,994 (1946) | #4,191 |
| 1950s | 408 | #1,104 (1958) | #2,292 |
| 1960s | 1,475 | #622 (1969) | #904 |
| 1970s | 6,122 | #194 (1979) | #429 |
| 1980s | 21,101 | #81 (1989) | #146 |
| 1990s | 51,214 | #53 (1994) | #66 |
| 2000s | 32,068 | #78 (2000) | #109 |
| 2010s | 7,423 | #202 (2010) | #519 |
| 2020s | 1,005 | #1,081 (2020) | #1,389 |
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.
Marissa in 1967
Top girls' names in 1967
More about 1967
girls
1,651,025 girls got a published name in 1967; 1 in 7,862 of them was named Marissa, which outranked 91.6% 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).
- #656Lawanda213
- #659Althea211
- #659Maggie211
- #661Marissa210
- #661Aileen210
- #661Danna210
- #661Eve210
- #668Venus208
- #669Gale206
- #669Valeria206
Tied with 6 names at #661; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.