Nerissa
Nerissa was the 10681st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1979, when it ranked 1585th with 73 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 7,697 places. More babies were named Nerissa in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #10,681 girls, up 1,150 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 9girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 197973 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,977babies recorded
Nerissa popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,681 | 9 |
| 2020 | #11,831 | 8 |
| 2010 | #7,427 | 17 |
| 2000 | #5,104 | 23 |
| 1990 | #2,836 | 41 |
| 1980 | #1,972 | 54 |
| 1970 | #2,682 | 27 |
| 1960 | #4,099 | 11 |
| 1950 | #4,615 | 7 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Nerissa, counting every spelling?
Nerissa has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Nerissa?
9 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Nerissa (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Nerissa 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 930 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Nerissa.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Nerissa?
About 1,900 people born in the US named Nerissa are alive today, with a median age of 42; half are between 29 and 51. That makes Nerissa 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.
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Questions about the name Nerissa
How popular is the name Nerissa?
Nerissa was the 10681st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1979, when it ranked 1585th with 73 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 7,697 places. More babies were named Nerissa in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Nerissa a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Nerissa in the US.