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

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Peak · girls
1994 · 6,246 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
17 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
120,842
since 1936

Marissa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201983peak #53, 1994girls
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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#1,673123
2024#1,492146
2023#1,544138
2022#1,309180
2021#1,236190
2020#1,081228
2019#874307
2018#883306
2017#678433
2016#595507
2015#534583
2014#466683
2013#377820
2012#3201,007
2011#2571,245
2010#2021,532
2009#1831,796
2008#1552,174#11,0376
2007#1322,622
2006#1043,163
2005#913,592
2004#784,009#5,00716
2003#953,517#8,6437
2002#993,317
2001#793,853#9,2436
2000#784,025#7,4168
1999#734,389#8,7046
1998#664,722#6,3149
1997#605,298#6,6188
1996#595,752#7,1367
1995#536,081#4,50813
1994#536,246#4,29014
1993#595,626#7,6386
1992#724,873#6,6707
1991#814,421#5,5219
1990#873,806#2,95221
1989#813,794#2,90221
1988#1012,810#4,16211
1987#1092,543#5,4597
1986#1152,443#3,26814
1985#1521,890#2,59819
1984#1701,627
1983#1701,620#3,63011
1982#1811,518#5,0037
1981#1871,453#4,5098
1980#1931,403
1979#1941,386#4,0689
1978#2181,147#3,8579
1977#2321,069#5,8455
1976#349614
1975#482381#4,7976
1974#484365
1973#498350
1972#586273
1971#618274
1970#631263
1969#622256
1968#623238
1967#661210
1966#843140
1965#957114
1964#1,09799
1963#983117
1962#1,054105
1961#1,070104
1960#1,13192
1959#1,32665
1958#1,10491
1957#1,21176
1956#1,24969
1955#1,64139
1954#2,45020
1953#2,43119
1952#2,80615
1951#4,3857
1950#4,3157
1949#4,2357
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1946#3,9947
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First appearance
1936

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 1983

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #191 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 759 girlsAKMaine: #109 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 520 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #152 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 751 girlsNHWashington: #189 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,049 girlsWAIdaho: #153 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 709 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #194 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 978 girlsNDMinnesota: #152 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 822 girlsMNIllinois: #191 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 1,070 girlsILWisconsin: #253 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,906 girlsWIMichigan: #242 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 1,674 girlsMINew York: #115 for girls · 170 births · 1 in 605 girlsNYMassachusetts: #116 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 566 girlsMARhode Island: #101 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 474 girlsRIOregon: #180 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 940 girlsORNevada: #121 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 500 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedSDIowa: #233 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,532 girlsIAIndiana: #209 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,300 girlsINOhio: #198 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 1,299 girlsOHPennsylvania: #167 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 957 girlsPANew Jersey: #106 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 539 girlsNJConnecticut: #91 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 439 girlsCTCalifornia: #99 for girls · 362 births · 1 in 519 girlsCAUtah: #233 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,285 girlsUTColorado: #192 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,039 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedNEMissouri: #167 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 939 girlsMOKentucky: #258 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,733 girlsKYWest Virginia: #242 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,529 girlsWVVirginia: #298 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,052 girlsVAMaryland: #418 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,218 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedDEArizona: #123 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 618 girlsAZNew Mexico: #123 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 556 girlsNMKansas: #237 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,413 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedARTennessee: #578 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,518 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #253 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,589 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #419 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,960 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #247 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,144 girlsDCOklahoma: #297 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,819 girlsOKLouisiana: #423 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,797 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedMSAlabama: #353 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,418 girlsALGeorgia: #358 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,507 girlsGAHawaii: #80 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 359 girlsHITexas: #155 for girls · 155 births · 1 in 828 girlsTXFlorida: #163 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 920 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#80 · 1 in 359
  2. Connecticut#91 · 1 in 439
  3. California#99 · 1 in 519
  4. Rhode Island#101 · 1 in 474
  5. New Jersey#106 · 1 in 539

Best ever in a state: #12 in New Mexico, 1995.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#80151 in 359
Connecticut#91361 in 439
California#993621 in 519
Rhode Island#101101 in 474
New Jersey#106711 in 539
Maine#109121 in 520
New York#1151701 in 605
Massachusetts#116581 in 566
Nevada#12191 in 500
Arizona#123331 in 618
New Mexico#123171 in 556
Minnesota#152341 in 822
New Hampshire#15271 in 751
Idaho#15391 in 709
Texas#1551551 in 828
Florida#163641 in 920
Missouri#167341 in 939
Pennsylvania#167711 in 957
Oregon#180171 in 940
Washington#189261 in 1,049
Alaska#19151 in 759
Illinois#191681 in 1,070
Colorado#192211 in 1,039
North Dakota#19451 in 978
Ohio#198531 in 1,299
Indiana#209261 in 1,300
Iowa#233121 in 1,532
Utah#233121 in 1,285
Kansas#237111 in 1,413
Michigan#242331 in 1,674
West Virginia#24271 in 1,529
District of Columbia#24751 in 1,144
North Carolina#253211 in 1,589
Wisconsin#253161 in 1,906
Kentucky#258131 in 1,733
Oklahoma#297121 in 1,819
Virginia#298151 in 2,052
Alabama#35391 in 2,418
Georgia#358141 in 2,507
Maryland#41871 in 3,218
South Carolina#41961 in 2,960
Louisiana#423111 in 2,797
Tennessee#57851 in 5,518
Arkansas
Delaware
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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
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
58 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1936
  • Peaked 1994 at #53 (6,246 births)
  • Births halved by 2007, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 17 yrs · run 1989–2005
  • Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1965–2019
Share of babies · girls
1 in 286
  • Highest: 1 in 286 girls born in 1994 were named Marissa (0.35%)
  • Latest: 1 in 13,067 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 42.4% of all girls named Marissa (51,214) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s5#4,181 (1936)#4,181
1940s21#3,994 (1946)#4,191
1950s408#1,104 (1958)#2,292
1960s1,475#622 (1969)#904
1970s6,122#194 (1979)#429
1980s21,101#81 (1989)#146
1990s51,214#53 (1994)#66
2000s32,068#78 (2000)#109
2010s7,423#202 (2010)#519
2020s1,005#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 1983

girls
#170
1,620 births · 1 in 1,031 girls
boys
#3,630
11 births · 1 in 162,960 boys

Top girls' names in 1983

  1. #1Jennifer54,353
  2. #2Jessica45,283
  3. #3Amanda33,749
  4. #4Ashley33,289
  5. #5Sarah27,228
  6. #6Melissa23,475
  7. #7Nicole22,400
  8. #8Stephanie22,329
  9. #9Heather20,747
  10. #10Elizabeth19,842
  11. #170Marissa1,620

Top boys' names in 1983

  1. #1Michael68,004
  2. #2Christopher59,324
  3. #3Matthew50,209
  4. #4David39,201
  5. #5Joshua36,687
  6. #6James36,342
  7. #7Jason35,113
  8. #8Daniel34,748
  9. #9John33,154
  10. #10Robert32,745
  11. #3,630Marissa11
More about 1983

girls

1,670,609 girls got a published name in 1983; 1 in 1,031 of them was named Marissa, which outranked 98.6% of the 12,074 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marissa
  1. #167Morgan1,657
  2. #168Regina1,651
  3. #169Beth1,635
  4. #170Marissa1,620
  5. #171Deborah1,609
  6. #172Kendra1,608
  7. #173Cassie1,599
Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. 6,772Ciji#7,469#697
  2. 6,751Kirby#7,469#718
  3. 2,656Dwan#3,530#874
  4. 1,888Mallory#2,220#332
  5. 987Marquita#1,099#112
Fallers
  1. 656Syreeta#717#1,373
  2. 572Jenilee#817#1,389
  3. 538Tenika#947#1,485
  4. 396Toccara#541#937
  5. 333Venus#950#1,283

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

boys

1,792,564 boys got a published name in 1983; 1 in 162,960 of them was named Marissa, which outranked 50.6% of the 7,344 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marissa
  1. #3,411Yechiel12
  2. #3,411Yonah12
  3. #3,411Zacheriah12
  4. #3,630Marissa11
  5. #3,630Able11
  6. #3,630Adrin11
  7. #3,630Alfonza11
  8. #3,884Abbas10
  9. #3,884Aditya10
  10. #3,884Adolphus10

Tied with 253 names at #3,630; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. 2,260Remington#3,108#848
  2. 2,159Trumaine#3,108#949
  3. 1,157Akeem#1,774#617
  4. 738Jacoby#1,654#916
  5. 655Deven#1,622#967
Fallers
  1. 284Marcello#969#1,253
  2. 275Schuyler#845#1,120
  3. 273Jessy#917#1,190
  4. 258Kennith#981#1,239
  5. 220Jarrad#933#1,153

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

See the top 100 for 1983