Marisa

#5,099 for girls in 2025, 25 births · Last seen for boys in 1993 at #6,816
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1995 · 2,198 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
48,707
since 1934

Marisa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Marisa has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #147, 1995girls
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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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2025#5,09925—
2024#3,89238—
2023#3,47645—
2022#3,96337—
2021#3,73540—
2020#2,52368—
2019#2,72962—
2018#3,00454—
2017#2,16088—
2016#2,01798—
2015#1,883108—
2014#1,341175—
2013#1,351172—
2012#977258—
2011#857308—
2010#816330—
2009#705411—
2008#643479—
2007#516612—
2006#498611—
2005#391800—
2004#335953—
2003#333945—
2002#327933—
2001#318982—
2000#3021,052—
1999#2831,110—
1998#2131,433—
1997#2001,478—
1996#1691,858—
1995#1472,198—
1994#1472,186—
1993#1721,724#6,8167
1992#2201,286—
1991#2391,153—
1990#2551,111—
1989#2591,036#5,6158
1988#2481,061#4,16211
1987#256989—
1986#2471,054—
1985#258972#5,7856
1984#269901—
1983#241995#6,2385
1982#2321,096—
1981#2241,168—
1980#2351,086—
1979#2051,293#6,0565
1978#2061,257#5,0596
1977#1671,608#3,03713
1976#2221,092—
1975#370560#5,4645
1974#365589—
1973#368578—
1972#406485—
1971#450458—
1970#496401—
1969#523350—
1968#474409—
1967#472404—
1966#466412—
1965#544303—
1964#545329—
1963#553309—
1962#596279—
1961#581299—
1960#528338—
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1958#595278—
1957#618254—
1956#531307—
1955#1,07488—
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1953#1,78331—
1952#1,93427—
1951#2,06423—
1950#4,3157—
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First appearance
1934

The first year at least five girls were named Marisa! It came in at #4,286, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1934–1935, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Marisa is popular in 1956

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedAKMaine: #252 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,936 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedMNIllinois: #603 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 8,742 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedWIMichigan: #712 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 13,427 girlsMINew York: #365 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 3,230 girlsNYMassachusetts: #380 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,482 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedIAIndiana: #527 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,213 girlsINOhio: #590 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 9,761 girlsOHPennsylvania: #434 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 5,789 girlsPANew Jersey: #316 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 3,242 girlsNJConnecticut: #313 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,364 girlsCTCalifornia: #376 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 3,128 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedNEMissouri: #558 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,464 girlsMOKentucky: #511 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,709 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedWVVirginia: #574 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,266 girlsVAMaryland: #418 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,912 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedARTennessee: #565 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,680 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #465 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,177 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #465 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,459 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Marisa, so not publishedHITexas: #597 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 6,043 girlsTXFlorida: #642 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,599 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Maine#252 · 1 in 1,936
  2. Connecticut#313 · 1 in 3,364
  3. New Jersey#316 · 1 in 3,242
  4. New York#365 · 1 in 3,230
  5. California#376 · 1 in 3,128

Best ever in a state: #40 in Hawaii, 1977.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maine#25251 in 1,936
Connecticut#31371 in 3,364
New Jersey#316171 in 3,242
New York#365511 in 3,230
California#376501 in 3,128
Massachusetts#38081 in 6,482
Maryland#41861 in 4,912
Pennsylvania#434201 in 5,789
North Carolina#465101 in 5,177
Oklahoma#46551 in 4,459
Kentucky#51151 in 6,709
Indiana#52771 in 7,213
Missouri#55861 in 7,464
Tennessee#56551 in 7,680
Virginia#57451 in 8,266
Ohio#590111 in 9,761
Texas#597191 in 6,043
Illinois#603121 in 8,742
Florida#64251 in 8,599
Michigan#71271 in 13,427
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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 Marisa
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,207 spots since 2024 (#3,892 → #5,099)
  • 2,576 spots since 2020 (#2,523 → #5,099)
  • 3,216 spots since 2015 (#1,883 → #5,099)
  • Biggest jump: 543 spots in 1956 (#1,074 → #531)
  • Biggest drop: 374 spots in 2013 (#977 → #1,351)
Rise & fade · girls
61 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1934
  • Peaked 1995 at #147 (2,198 births)
  • Births halved by 2000, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 57 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1956–2012
Share of babies · girls
1 in 800
  • Highest: 1 in 800 girls born in 1995 were named Marisa (0.12%)
  • Latest: 1 in 64,291 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 31.9% of all girls named Marisa (15,537) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s17#3,701 (1936)#3,945
1940s43#3,176 (1949)#4,108
1950s1,315#531 (1956)#1,484
1960s3,432#466 (1966)#528
1970s8,321#167 (1977)#326
1980s10,358#224 (1981)#247
1990s15,537#147 (1995)#205
2000s7,778#302 (2000)#437
2010s1,653#816 (2010)#1,714
2020s253#2,523 (2020)#3,781

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.

Marisa in 1956

girls
#531
307 births · 1 in 6,540 girls

Top girls' names in 1956

  1. #1Mary61,741
  2. #2Debra48,324
  3. #3Linda48,084
  4. #4Deborah47,834
  5. #5Susan46,558
  6. #6Patricia43,329
  7. #7Karen40,052
  8. #8Cynthia32,339
  9. #9Barbara32,302
  10. #10Donna29,852
  11. #531Marisa307
More about 1956

girls

2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 6,540 of them was named Marisa, which outranked 92.3% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marisa
  1. #528Erma308
  2. #528Jodie308
  3. #528Roxane308
  4. #531Marisa307
  5. #532Eve306
  6. #532Malinda306
  7. #534Erin305
Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. ↑ 993Sheena#1,839 → #846
  2. ↑ 770Glendora#1,733 → #963
  3. ↑ 684Leesa#1,209 → #525
  4. ↑ 543Marisa#1,074 → #531
  5. ↑ 537Dani#1,383 → #846
Fallers
  1. ↓ 513Sheilah#663 → #1,176
  2. ↓ 481Jeryl#768 → #1,249
  3. ↓ 344Jacalyn#496 → #840
  4. ↓ 325Roni#536 → #861
  5. ↓ 314Florine#984 → #1,298

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

See the top 100 for 1956 →