Risa

Where Risa comes from

Borrowed from Japanese りさ (Risa).
— Wiktionary's entry for Risa
  • Japanese
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1942
    First appearance
    #2,666 among girls, 12 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1966
    Peak, #905
    124 babies named Risa — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1970
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,681.
  4. 1988
    Risa Niigaki born
    Japanese female singer, stage actress and YouTuber
  5. 1996
    Risa Shimizu born
    Japanese association football player
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Japanese.
Namesakes
  • Risa Shimizu · Japanese association football player, born 1996
  • Risa Niigaki · Japanese female singer, stage actress and YouTuber, born 1988
  • Risa Takashima · Japanese fencer, born 1999
  • Risa Taneda · Japanese voice actress and singer, born 1988
  • Risa Shinnabe · Japanese volleyball player, born 1990

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.