Charissa
Charissa was the 11145th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1980, when it ranked 779th with 212 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,130 places. More babies were named Charissa in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #11,145 girls, up 1,267 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 8girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1980212 babies
- Total since 1880
- 5,140babies recorded
Charissa popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,145 | 8 |
| 2020 | #12,412 | 7 |
| 2010 | #5,644 | 24 |
| 2000 | #2,432 | 63 |
| 1990 | #1,156 | 149 |
| 1980 | #779 | 212 |
| 1970 | #1,226 | 91 |
| 1960 | #2,379 | 25 |
| 1950 | #3,080 | 12 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Charissa, counting every spelling?
Charissa has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Charissa?
8 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Charissa (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Charissa 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 1,057 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Charissa.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Charissa?
About 4,900 people born in the US named Charissa are alive today, with a median age of 42; half are between 33 and 50. That makes Charissa 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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Charissa: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Charissa, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Charissa
How popular is the name Charissa?
Charissa was the 11145th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1980, when it ranked 779th with 212 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,130 places. More babies were named Charissa in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Charissa a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Charissa in the US.