Larissa Girl
How popular is Larissa?
#1,643 girl name in 2025
126 baby girls were named Larissa in the US in 2025, making it the 1643rd most popular girl name.
Larissa popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,643 for girls (▼ 34 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 126 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-42% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,162 in 2015, #1,728 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1994 (715 girls) |
| Highest rank | #363 in 1994 |
| First recorded | 1946 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Larissa counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Larissa family of names ranked #1,264 for girls in 2025 (#1,201 the year before), with 140 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Larissa | 126 | 90% |
| Larisa | 14 | 10% |
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 Larissa is most popular
Babies named Larissa per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Mexico: 0.2 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Texas: 0.2 per 1,000 (143 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (99 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (41 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (40 girls)
Larissa by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1950s | 112 | #2,190 |
| 1960s | 786 | #713 |
| 1970s | 2,920 | #505 |
| 1980s | 4,819 | #387 |
| 1990s | 6,544 | #363 |
| 2000s | 5,167 | #448 |
| 2010s | 2,348 | #753 |
| 2020s | 796 | #1,474 |
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Questions
- Is Larissa a boy or girl name?
- Larissa is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Larissa were girls.
- How popular is the name Larissa?
- 126 baby girls were named Larissa in the US in 2025, making it the 1643rd most popular girl name.
- When was Larissa most popular?
- Larissa peaked in 1994, when 715 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #363 in 1994.
- How many people are named Larissa?
- 23,498 babies have been named Larissa in the US since 1880. We estimate about 22,950 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 32.
- Where is Larissa most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Larissa was most common in New Mexico, at 0.2 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.