Karissa Girl
How popular is Karissa?
#2,895 girl name in 2025
58 baby girls were named Karissa in the US in 2025, making it the 2895th most popular girl name.
Karissa popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,895 for girls (▼ 288 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 58 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-70% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,247 in 2015, #1,818 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1991 (901 girls) |
| Highest rank | #306 in 1991 |
| First recorded | 1961 |
| 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 |
Karissa 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 Karissa is most popular
Babies named Karissa per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (30 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (41 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (23 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Karissa by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 122 | #2,396 |
| 1970s | 987 | #858 |
| 1980s | 3,810 | #345 |
| 1990s | 7,446 | #306 |
| 2000s | 5,097 | #434 |
| 2010s | 2,184 | #736 |
| 2020s | 443 | #1,818 |
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Questions
- Is Karissa a boy or girl name?
- Karissa is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Karissa were girls.
- How popular is the name Karissa?
- 58 baby girls were named Karissa in the US in 2025, making it the 2895th most popular girl name.
- When was Karissa most popular?
- Karissa peaked in 1991, when 901 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #306 in 1991.
- How many people are named Karissa?
- 20,089 babies have been named Karissa in the US since 1880. We estimate about 19,740 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 30.
- Where is Karissa most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Karissa was most common in Florida, at 0.1 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.