Caressa
Last seen for girls in 2014 at #9,517
- Peak · girls
- 1987 · 69 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,218since 1956
Caressa over time
Rank among girls' names. Caressa has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 |
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| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
| 2007 | #7,733 | 16 |
| 2006 | #7,868 | 15 |
| 2005 | #6,820 | 17 |
| 2004 | #7,077 | 16 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 |
| 1999 | #4,870 | 22 |
| 1998 | #5,123 | 20 |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 |
| 1996 | #4,453 | 23 |
| 1995 | #3,969 | 26 |
| 1994 | #3,038 | 38 |
| 1993 | #2,676 | 45 |
| 1992 | #2,687 | 45 |
| 1991 | #2,111 | 63 |
| 1990 | #2,174 | 59 |
| 1989 | #2,072 | 60 |
| 1988 | #1,934 | 63 |
| 1987 | #1,733 | 69 |
| 1986 | #1,802 | 63 |
| 1985 | #2,939 | 31 |
| 1984 | #2,421 | 39 |
| 1983 | #2,853 | 30 |
| 1982 | #2,288 | 43 |
| 1981 | #2,447 | 39 |
| 1980 | #3,069 | 28 |
| 1979 | #3,442 | 23 |
| 1978 | #3,512 | 21 |
| 1977 | #2,557 | 33 |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 23 |
| 1975 | #2,881 | 25 |
| 1974 | #3,110 | 22 |
| 1973 | #3,787 | 16 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
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| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 |
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| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 |
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| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Caressa! It came in at #5,325, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1957–1959, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Caressa is popular in 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Ohio#1,035 · 1 in 13,588
- California#1,385 · 1 in 15,977
Best ever in a state: #545 in Oklahoma, 1984.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Ohio | #1,035 | 5 | 1 in 13,588 |
| California | #1,385 | 13 | 1 in 15,977 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Caressa
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2014
- Debuted 1956
- Peaked 1987 at #1,733 (69 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 25,198 girls born in 1987 were named Caressa (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 162,396 girls born in 2014 (0.00%)
- 38.2% of all girls named Caressa (465) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6 | #5,325 (1956) | #5,325 |
| 1960s | 56 | #4,539 (1963) | #5,593 |
| 1970s | 188 | #2,557 (1977) | #4,049 |
| 1980s | 465 | #1,733 (1987) | #2,356 |
| 1990s | 362 | #2,111 (1991) | #3,592 |
| 2000s | 120 | #6,487 (2000) | #10,014 |
| 2010s | 21 | #9,517 (2014) | #9,984 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Caressa in 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
More about 1986
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1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 27,231 of them was named Caressa, which outranked 86.0% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,785Ryanne64
- #1,785Tamela64
- #1,785Tammi64
- #1,802Caressa63
- #1,802Alondra63
- #1,802Ayanna63
- #1,802Janis63
- #1,816Acacia62
- #1,816Alyce62
- #1,816Anamaria62
Tied with 13 names at #1,802; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.