Carisa

Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251

Peak · girls
1977 · 200 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,025
since 1958

Carisa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Carisa has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #758, 1977girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
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2021#15,2515
2020—
2019#10,4739
2018#15,6825
2017#14,1246
2016#16,2155
2015#8,93112
2014#14,5586
2013#16,5475
2012#12,1998
2011#11,1819
2010#8,70113
2009#7,06618
2008#5,27927
2007#6,81219
2006#6,12521
2005#4,26732
2004#4,94926
2003#5,58621
2002#3,39440
2001#4,44727
2000#2,97447
1999#4,08828
1998#3,83130
1997#4,00727
1996#3,63230
1995#3,35733
1994#2,46551
1993#2,48950
1992#2,27558
1991#2,42052
1990#2,20158
1989#2,07260
1988#2,25150
1987#2,19949
1986#1,66970
1985#2,02153
1984#1,51175
1983#1,53173
1982#1,39987
1981#1,43385
1980#1,197110
1979#836186
1978#784194
1977#758200
1976#832166
1975#833161
1974#938132
1973#1,16993
1972#1,28979
1971#1,31482
1970#1,38975
1969#2,02338
1968#2,70822
1967#2,96318
1966#3,14816
1965#4,20210
1964#4,6369
1963#3,33615
1962#4,01111
1961#4,23910
1960#3,68812
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First appearance
1958

The first year at least five girls were named Carisa! It came in at #5,408, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1959, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Carisa is popular in 1978

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Carisa, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Carisa, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Carisa, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Carisa, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Carisa, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Carisa, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Carisa, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Carisa, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Carisa, so not publishedMNIllinois: #723 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,446 girlsILWisconsin: #481 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,827 girlsWIMichigan: #853 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,592 girlsMINew York: #936 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 8,939 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Carisa, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Carisa, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Carisa, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Carisa, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Carisa, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Carisa, so not publishedSDIowa: #412 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,718 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Carisa, so not publishedINOhio: #648 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 6,895 girlsOHPennsylvania: #687 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 7,334 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Carisa, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Carisa, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,211 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 12,777 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Carisa, so not publishedUTColorado: #492 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,459 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Carisa, so not publishedNEMissouri: #570 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,109 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Carisa, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Carisa, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Carisa, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Carisa, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Carisa, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Carisa, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Carisa, so not publishedNMKansas: #348 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,239 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Carisa, so not publishedARTennessee: #498 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,981 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #721 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,474 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #439 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,842 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Carisa, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #349 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,126 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Carisa, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Carisa, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Carisa, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Carisa, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Carisa, so not publishedHITexas: #1,202 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 12,924 girlsTXFlorida: #759 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,289 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kansas#348 · 1 in 2,239
  2. Oklahoma#349 · 1 in 2,126
  3. Iowa#412 · 1 in 3,718
  4. South Carolina#439 · 1 in 2,842
  5. Wisconsin#481 · 1 in 4,827

Best ever in a state: #183 in North Dakota, 1974.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kansas#34861 in 2,239
Oklahoma#34981 in 2,126
Iowa#41251 in 3,718
South Carolina#43961 in 2,842
Wisconsin#48161 in 4,827
Colorado#49251 in 3,459
Tennessee#49871 in 3,981
Missouri#57061 in 5,109
Ohio#648101 in 6,895
Pennsylvania#68791 in 7,334
North Carolina#72151 in 6,474
Illinois#723111 in 6,446
Florida#75971 in 6,289
Michigan#85361 in 9,592
New York#936111 in 8,939
Texas#1,20281 in 12,924
California#1,211121 in 12,777
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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 Carisa
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
  • Biggest jump: 231 spots in 1974 (#1,169 → #938)
  • Biggest drop: 361 spots in 1980 (#836 → #1,197)
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1958
  • Peaked 1977 at #758 (200 births)
  • Births halved by 1981, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1974–1979
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,666
  • Highest: 1 in 7,666 girls born in 1977 were named Carisa (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 328,172 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 45.2% of all girls named Carisa (1,368) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s6#5,408 (1958)#5,408
1960s161#2,023 (1969)#3,495
1970s1,368#758 (1977)#1,014
1980s712#1,197 (1980)#1,728
1990s417#2,201 (1990)#3,077
2000s278#2,974 (2000)#5,090
2010s78#8,701 (2010)#12,861
2020s5#15,251 (2021)#15,251

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.

Carisa in 1978

girls
#784
194 births · 1 in 7,896 girls

Top girls' names in 1978

  1. #1Jennifer56,314
  2. #2Melissa28,327
  3. #3Jessica26,102
  4. #4Amy23,213
  5. #5Heather22,270
  6. #6Amanda20,520
  7. #7Angela20,517
  8. #8Sarah19,976
  9. #9Michelle18,856
  10. #10Nicole17,279
  11. #784Carisa194
More about 1978

girls

1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 7,896 of them was named Carisa, which outranked 93.2% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carisa
  1. #780Shannan196
  2. #782Kyla195
  3. #782Lourdes195
  4. #784Carisa194
  5. #784Jordan194
  6. #784Kacey194
  7. #784Shanon194
  8. #788Leeann193
  9. #789Jesse191
  10. #790Maura190

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,240Aja#4,652 → #412
  2. ↑ 1,987Kiley#2,606 → #619
  3. ↑ 1,951Kylee#2,838 → #887
  4. ↑ 1,785Winter#2,780 → #995
  5. ↑ 1,620Kylie#2,026 → #406
Fallers
  1. ↓ 913Shalon#868 → #1,781
  2. ↓ 760Farah#854 → #1,614
  3. ↓ 519Tennille#462 → #981
  4. ↓ 398Shawnte#740 → #1,138
  5. ↓ 362Farrah#177 → #539

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1978 →