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
- Peak · girls
- 1995 · 2,198 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 48,707since 1934
Marisa over time
Rank among girls' names. Marisa has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,099 | 25 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,892 | 38 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,476 | 45 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,963 | 37 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,735 | 40 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,523 | 68 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,729 | 62 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,004 | 54 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,160 | 88 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,017 | 98 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,883 | 108 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,341 | 175 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,351 | 172 | — | |
| 2012 | #977 | 258 | — | |
| 2011 | #857 | 308 | — | |
| 2010 | #816 | 330 | — | |
| 2009 | #705 | 411 | — | |
| 2008 | #643 | 479 | — | |
| 2007 | #516 | 612 | — | |
| 2006 | #498 | 611 | — | |
| 2005 | #391 | 800 | — | |
| 2004 | #335 | 953 | — | |
| 2003 | #333 | 945 | — | |
| 2002 | #327 | 933 | — | |
| 2001 | #318 | 982 | — | |
| 2000 | #302 | 1,052 | — | |
| 1999 | #283 | 1,110 | — | |
| 1998 | #213 | 1,433 | — | |
| 1997 | #200 | 1,478 | — | |
| 1996 | #169 | 1,858 | — | |
| 1995 | #147 | 2,198 | — | |
| 1994 | #147 | 2,186 | — | |
| 1993 | #172 | 1,724 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #220 | 1,286 | — | |
| 1991 | #239 | 1,153 | — | |
| 1990 | #255 | 1,111 | — | |
| 1989 | #259 | 1,036 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #248 | 1,061 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #256 | 989 | — | |
| 1986 | #247 | 1,054 | — | |
| 1985 | #258 | 972 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #269 | 901 | — | |
| 1983 | #241 | 995 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #232 | 1,096 | — | |
| 1981 | #224 | 1,168 | — | |
| 1980 | #235 | 1,086 | — | |
| 1979 | #205 | 1,293 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #206 | 1,257 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #167 | 1,608 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #222 | 1,092 | — | |
| 1975 | #370 | 560 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #365 | 589 | — | |
| 1973 | #368 | 578 | — | |
| 1972 | #406 | 485 | — | |
| 1971 | #450 | 458 | — | |
| 1970 | #496 | 401 | — | |
| 1969 | #523 | 350 | — | |
| 1968 | #474 | 409 | — | |
| 1967 | #472 | 404 | — | |
| 1966 | #466 | 412 | — | |
| 1965 | #544 | 303 | — | |
| 1964 | #545 | 329 | — | |
| 1963 | #553 | 309 | — | |
| 1962 | #596 | 279 | — | |
| 1961 | #581 | 299 | — | |
| 1960 | #528 | 338 | — | |
| 1959 | #641 | 241 | — | |
| 1958 | #595 | 278 | — | |
| 1957 | #618 | 254 | — | |
| 1956 | #531 | 307 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,074 | 88 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,285 | 59 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,783 | 31 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,934 | 27 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,064 | 23 | — | |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | — | |
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| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | — | |
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| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | — | |
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| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | — | |
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| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | — | |
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| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | — | |
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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 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#79 · 1 in 298
- Rhode Island#98 · 1 in 406
- New Mexico#111 · 1 in 456
- Connecticut#111 · 1 in 490
- New Jersey#115 · 1 in 555
Best ever in a state: #40 in Hawaii, 1977.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #79 | 16 | 1 in 298 |
| Rhode Island | #98 | 11 | 1 in 406 |
| Connecticut | #111 | 30 | 1 in 490 |
| New Mexico | #111 | 19 | 1 in 456 |
| New Jersey | #115 | 67 | 1 in 555 |
| New York | #127 | 162 | 1 in 611 |
| California | #131 | 262 | 1 in 623 |
| Massachusetts | #135 | 48 | 1 in 639 |
| Arizona | #158 | 26 | 1 in 687 |
| Texas | #165 | 136 | 1 in 817 |
| Colorado | #172 | 22 | 1 in 848 |
| Washington | #180 | 27 | 1 in 938 |
| Nevada | #183 | 5 | 1 in 744 |
| Pennsylvania | #193 | 62 | 1 in 1,103 |
| Minnesota | #198 | 23 | 1 in 1,208 |
| Utah | #213 | 15 | 1 in 1,071 |
| West Virginia | #222 | 10 | 1 in 1,218 |
| Oregon | #228 | 14 | 1 in 1,199 |
| District of Columbia | #233 | 6 | 1 in 926 |
| Wisconsin | #242 | 20 | 1 in 1,530 |
| Illinois | #244 | 53 | 1 in 1,409 |
| Kansas | #244 | 11 | 1 in 1,307 |
| Nebraska | #250 | 7 | 1 in 1,472 |
| Michigan | #252 | 37 | 1 in 1,610 |
| Florida | #291 | 27 | 1 in 1,736 |
| Ohio | #309 | 32 | 1 in 2,253 |
| Missouri | #312 | 15 | 1 in 2,153 |
| Maryland | #315 | 10 | 1 in 1,947 |
| Georgia | #321 | 17 | 1 in 1,977 |
| Tennessee | #333 | 13 | 1 in 2,191 |
| Iowa | #336 | 8 | 1 in 2,462 |
| Arkansas | #342 | 6 | 1 in 2,160 |
| Alabama | #371 | 10 | 1 in 2,292 |
| Indiana | #406 | 11 | 1 in 3,294 |
| Oklahoma | #449 | 6 | 1 in 3,085 |
| Louisiana | #501 | 9 | 1 in 3,251 |
| Virginia | #649 | 5 | 1 in 5,837 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1934
- Peaked 1995 at #147 (2,198 births)
- Births halved by 2000, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1956–2012
- Highest: 1 in 800 girls born in 1995 were named Marisa (0.12%)
- Latest: 1 in 64,291 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 31.9% of all girls named Marisa (15,537) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 17 | #3,701 (1936) | #3,945 |
| 1940s | 43 | #3,176 (1949) | #4,108 |
| 1950s | 1,315 | #531 (1956) | #1,484 |
| 1960s | 3,432 | #466 (1966) | #528 |
| 1970s | 8,321 | #167 (1977) | #326 |
| 1980s | 10,358 | #224 (1981) | #247 |
| 1990s | 15,537 | #147 (1995) | #205 |
| 2000s | 7,778 | #302 (2000) | #437 |
| 2010s | 1,653 | #816 (2010) | #1,714 |
| 2020s | 253 | #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 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 1,242 of them was named Marisa, which outranked 98.3% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 344,307 of them was named Marisa, which outranked 14.4% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,015 names at #6,056; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.