Carrissa

Last seen for girls in 2018 at #15,682

Peak · girls
1991 · 61 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
965
since 1967

Carrissa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Carrissa has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #2,163, 1991girls
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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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2018#15,6825
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2015#13,0067
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2013#14,5826
2012#9,10912
2011#16,7645
2010#13,4487
2009#15,2426
2008#10,80710
2007#11,6309
2006#10,61110
2005#8,88312
2004#7,07716
2003#6,29918
2002#5,67320
2001#5,57020
2000#5,31221
1999#3,89530
1998#3,83130
1997#4,12526
1996#3,36134
1995#3,28534
1994#2,70145
1993#2,93840
1992#2,45952
1991#2,16361
1990#2,79941
1989#2,47846
1988#2,64640
1987#3,74323
1986#3,13529
1985#3,62123
1984#3,14427
1983#3,06527
1982#4,16718
1981#3,85920
1980#3,21526
1979#4,42016
1978#5,21412
1977#3,36622
1976#5,21511
1975#5,16111
1974#4,72012
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1971#4,12314
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First appearance
1967

The first year at least five girls were named Carrissa! It came in at #6,042, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1968–1970, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Carrissa is popular in 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,347 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 32,691 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedHITexas: #1,672 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 19,486 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Carrissa, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Texas#1,672 · 1 in 19,486
  2. California#2,347 · 1 in 32,691

Best ever in a state: #1,118 in Michigan, 1992.

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See more about Carrissa
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1967
  • Peaked 1991 at #2,163 (61 births)
  • Births halved by 1997, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 30,738
  • Highest: 1 in 30,738 girls born in 1991 were named Carrissa (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 340,215 girls born in 2018 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 40.7% of all girls named Carrissa (393) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s6#6,042 (1967)#6,042
1970s103#3,366 (1977)#5,064
1980s279#2,478 (1989)#3,307
1990s393#2,163 (1991)#3,156
2000s142#5,312 (2000)#8,710
2010s42#9,109 (2012)#13,765

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.

Carrissa in 1991

girls
#2,163
61 births · 1 in 30,738 girls

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #2,163Carrissa61
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 30,738 of them was named Carrissa, which outranked 86.0% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carrissa
  1. #2,136Tegan62
  2. #2,136Xenia62
  3. #2,136Yanet62
  4. #2,163Carrissa61
  5. #2,163Catharine61
  6. #2,163Corin61
  7. #2,163Corrin61
  8. #2,189Alixandra60
  9. #2,189Ambria60
  10. #2,189Andriana60

Tied with 25 names at #2,163; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

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

See the top 100 for 1991 →