Carissa Girl
How popular is Carissa?
#3,341 girl name in 2025
46 baby girls were named Carissa in the US in 2025, making it the 3341st most popular girl name.
Carissa popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,341 for girls (▲ 118 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 46 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-72% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,411 in 2015, #2,050 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1992 (1,155 girls) |
| Highest rank | #240 in 1992 |
| First recorded | 1949 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Carissa counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Karissa family of names ranked #1,505 for girls in 2025 (#1,417 the year before), with 104 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Karissa | 58 | 56% |
| Carissa | 46 | 44% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Carissa is most popular
Babies named Carissa per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (18 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (30 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (30 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (13 girls)
- Ohio: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Carissa by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1950s | 71 | #3,018 |
| 1960s | 505 | #1,036 |
| 1970s | 3,635 | #344 |
| 1980s | 7,627 | #280 |
| 1990s | 8,820 | #240 |
| 2000s | 5,568 | #410 |
| 2010s | 1,857 | #827 |
| 2020s | 359 | #2,050 |
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Questions
- Is Carissa a boy or girl name?
- Carissa is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Carissa were girls.
- How popular is the name Carissa?
- 46 baby girls were named Carissa in the US in 2025, making it the 3341st most popular girl name.
- When was Carissa most popular?
- Carissa peaked in 1992, when 1,155 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #240 in 1992.
- How many people are named Carissa?
- 28,459 babies have been named Carissa in the US since 1880. We estimate about 27,794 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 34.
- Where is Carissa most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Carissa was most common in New York, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.