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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Carisa

Carisa was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1977, when it ranked 758th with 200 babies. More babies were named Carisa in the 1970s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1977200 babies
Total since 1880
3,025babies recorded

Carisa popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010#8,82113
2000#2,98547
1990#2,20358
1980#1,198110
1970#1,39175
1960#3,72012
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Carisa, counting every spelling?

Carisa is a spelling of Karissa, a name family that ranked #1,695 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together. Together these spellings went to 104 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Karissa58#2,915335
Carissa46#3,349269

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How old are people named Carisa?

About 2,900 people born in the US named Carisa are alive today, with a median age of 46; half are between 36 and 51. That makes Carisa mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Carisa by state

How common Carisa was among girls born in each state in 1975–1979, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Arizona (2.1×). In 22 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesWI0.09Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesWA0.06Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesMN0.16Illinois: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesIL0.13Michigan: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesMI0.11New York: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesNY0.10Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesOR0.07Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesSD0.23Iowa: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesIA0.12Indiana: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesIN0.12Ohio: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesOH0.10Pennsylvania: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesPA0.13New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesCA0.09Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesCO0.12Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesMO0.12Kentucky: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesKY0.16West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesVA0.05Maryland: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesMD0.15Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: 0.25 per 1,000 babiesAZ0.25New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesKS0.09Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesTN0.16North Carolina: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesNC0.18South Carolina: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesSC0.07District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesOK0.21Louisiana: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesLA0.04Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesAL0.04Georgia: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesGA0.09Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesTX0.07Florida: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesFL0.10
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Carisa, girls, 1975–1979. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Carisa: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Carisa, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Carisa

How popular is the name Carisa?

Carisa was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1977, when it ranked 758th with 200 babies. More babies were named Carisa in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Is Carisa a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Carisa in the US.

Where was Carisa most popular?

In 1975–1979, Carisa was most common in Arizona (0.25 per 1,000 girls), followed by South Dakota and Oklahoma.