Marissa

#1,673 for girls in 2025, 123 births · Last seen for boys in 2008 at #11,037
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1994 · 6,246 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
17 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
120,842
since 1936

Marissa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202020peak #53, 1994girls
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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#1,673123—
2024#1,492146—
2023#1,544138—
2022#1,309180—
2021#1,236190—
2020#1,081228—
2019#874307—
2018#883306—
2017#678433—
2016#595507—
2015#534583—
2014#466683—
2013#377820—
2012#3201,007—
2011#2571,245—
2010#2021,532—
2009#1831,796—
2008#1552,174#11,0376
2007#1322,622—
2006#1043,163—
2005#913,592—
2004#784,009#5,00716
2003#953,517#8,6437
2002#993,317—
2001#793,853#9,2436
2000#784,025#7,4168
1999#734,389#8,7046
1998#664,722#6,3149
1997#605,298#6,6188
1996#595,752#7,1367
1995#536,081#4,50813
1994#536,246#4,29014
1993#595,626#7,6386
1992#724,873#6,6707
1991#814,421#5,5219
1990#873,806#2,95221
1989#813,794#2,90221
1988#1012,810#4,16211
1987#1092,543#5,4597
1986#1152,443#3,26814
1985#1521,890#2,59819
1984#1701,627—
1983#1701,620#3,63011
1982#1811,518#5,0037
1981#1871,453#4,5098
1980#1931,403—
1979#1941,386#4,0689
1978#2181,147#3,8579
1977#2321,069#5,8455
1976#349614—
1975#482381#4,7976
1974#484365—
1973#498350—
1972#586273—
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1966#843140—
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1962#1,054105—
1961#1,070104—
1960#1,13192—
1959#1,32665—
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1957#1,21176—
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First appearance
1936

The first year at least five girls were named Marissa! It came in at #4,181, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1936–1945, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Marissa is popular in 2020

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedNHWashington: #843 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,161 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #856 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,331 girlsMNIllinois: #1,499 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,750 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedWIMichigan: #874 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,731 girlsMINew York: #1,077 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 6,122 girlsNYMassachusetts: #730 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,977 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedORNevada: #503 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,950 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedINOhio: #944 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,322 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,227 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,058 girlsPANew Jersey: #767 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,871 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #787 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 4,355 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedVAMaryland: #714 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,188 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedARTennessee: #1,101 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,073 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #673 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,884 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedMSAlabama: #798 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,742 girlsALGeorgia: #1,279 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,415 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Marissa, so not publishedHITexas: #867 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 4,635 girlsTXFlorida: #1,118 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 6,705 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nevada#503 · 1 in 1,950
  2. South Carolina#673 · 1 in 2,884
  3. Maryland#714 · 1 in 3,188
  4. Massachusetts#730 · 1 in 3,977
  5. New Jersey#767 · 1 in 3,871

Best ever in a state: #12 in New Mexico, 1995.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nevada#50351 in 1,950
South Carolina#67361 in 2,884
Maryland#71471 in 3,188
Massachusetts#73061 in 3,977
New Jersey#76791 in 3,871
California#787401 in 4,355
Alabama#79851 in 3,742
Washington#84371 in 4,161
Minnesota#85651 in 4,331
Texas#867331 in 4,635
Michigan#87481 in 4,731
Ohio#94491 in 5,322
New York#1,077131 in 6,122
Tennessee#1,10151 in 6,073
Florida#1,118121 in 6,705
Pennsylvania#1,22761 in 8,058
Georgia#1,27961 in 7,415
Illinois#1,49951 in 9,750
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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 Marissa
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 181 spots since 2024 (#1,492 → #1,673)
  • 592 spots since 2020 (#1,081 → #1,673)
  • 1,139 spots since 2015 (#534 → #1,673)
  • Biggest jump: 182 spots in 1967 (#843 → #661)
  • Biggest drop: 207 spots in 2020 (#874 → #1,081)
Rise & fade · girls
58 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1936
  • Peaked 1994 at #53 (6,246 births)
  • Births halved by 2007, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 17 yrs · run 1989–2005
  • Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1965–2019
Share of babies · girls
1 in 286
  • Highest: 1 in 286 girls born in 1994 were named Marissa (0.35%)
  • Latest: 1 in 13,067 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 42.4% of all girls named Marissa (51,214) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s5#4,181 (1936)#4,181
1940s21#3,994 (1946)#4,191
1950s408#1,104 (1958)#2,292
1960s1,475#622 (1969)#904
1970s6,122#194 (1979)#429
1980s21,101#81 (1989)#146
1990s51,214#53 (1994)#66
2000s32,068#78 (2000)#109
2010s7,423#202 (2010)#519
2020s1,005#1,081 (2020)#1,389

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.

Marissa in 2020

girls
#1,081
228 births · 1 in 7,090 girls

Top girls' names in 2020

  1. #1Olivia17,691
  2. #2Emma15,723
  3. #3Ava13,201
  4. #4Sophia13,105
  5. #5Charlotte13,100
  6. #6Amelia12,802
  7. #7Isabella12,226
  8. #8Mia11,269
  9. #9Evelyn9,517
  10. #10Harper8,849
  11. #1,081Marissa228
More about 2020

girls

1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 7,090 of them was named Marissa, which outranked 93.8% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marissa
  1. #1,078Aminah229
  2. #1,078Dixie229
  3. #1,078Patience229
  4. #1,081Marissa228
  5. #1,081Alannah228
  6. #1,081Ayva228
  7. #1,084Maylee227
  8. #1,085Aadhya225
  9. #1,085Rilynn225

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

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,492Avayah#2,428 → #936
  2. ↑ 950Denisse#1,802 → #852
  3. ↑ 818Jianna#1,668 → #850
  4. ↑ 609Capri#1,291 → #682
  5. ↑ 550Rosalia#1,287 → #737
Fallers
  1. ↓ 393Yaritza#813 → #1,206
  2. ↓ 271Seraphina#1,000 → #1,271
  3. ↓ 207Marissa#874 → #1,081
  4. ↓ 203Annabella#644 → #847
  5. ↓ 195Jayde#832 → #1,027

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

See the top 100 for 2020 →