Carissa
Carissa was the 3349th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 46 babies. Its best year was 1992, when it ranked 240th with 1,155 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,937 places. More babies were named Carissa in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,349 girls, down 1,296 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 46girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19921,155 babies
- Total since 1880
- 28,459babies recorded
Carissa popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 12 since 1985.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,349 | 46 |
| 2020 | #2,053 | 90 |
| 2010 | #827 | 324 |
| 2000 | #413 | 685 |
| 1990 | #257 | 1,106 |
| 1980 | #332 | 725 |
| 1970 | #827 | 166 |
| 1960 | #2,998 | 17 |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Carissa, counting every spelling?
Carissa is a spelling of Karissa, a name family that ranked #1,695 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,349 for Carissa on its own. Together these spellings went to 104 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karissa | 58 | #2,915 | 335 |
| Carissa | 46 | #3,349 | 269 |
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 many kids will share the name Carissa?
46 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Carissa (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Carissa born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 182 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Carissa.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Carissa?
About 27,700 people born in the US named Carissa are alive today, with a median age of 34; half are between 25 and 42. That makes Carissa mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
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.
Carissa by state
How common Carissa was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 46 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Carissa: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Carissa, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Carissa
How popular is the name Carissa?
Carissa was the 3349th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 46 babies. Its best year was 1992, when it ranked 240th with 1,155 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,937 places. More babies were named Carissa in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Carissa a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Carissa in the US.
Where is Carissa most popular?
In 2021–2025, Carissa was most common in New York (0.04 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and California.