Marissa Girl
How popular is Marissa?
#1,673 girl name in 2025
123 baby girls were named Marissa in the US in 2025, making it the 1673rd most popular girl name.
Marissa popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,673 for girls (▼ 181 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 123 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-79% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #534 in 2015, #1,081 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1994 (6,246 girls) |
| Highest rank | #53 in 1994 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1936 |
| 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 |
Marissa counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Marissa family of names ranked #1,215 for girls in 2025 (#1,066 the year before), with 148 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Marissa | 123 | 83% |
| Marisa | 25 | 17% |
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 Marissa is most popular
Babies named Marissa per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.2 per 1,000 (123 girls)
- Arizona: 0.1 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (119 girls)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (28 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (49 girls)
Marissa by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1940s | 21 | #3,993 |
| 1950s | 408 | #1,103 |
| 1960s | 1,475 | #622 |
| 1970s | 6,122 | #194 |
| 1980s | 21,101 | #81 |
| 1990s | 51,214 | #53 |
| 2000s | 32,068 | #78 |
| 2010s | 7,423 | #202 |
| 2020s | 1,005 | #1,081 |
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Questions
- Is Marissa a boy or girl name?
- Marissa is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Marissa were girls.
- How popular is the name Marissa?
- 123 baby girls were named Marissa in the US in 2025, making it the 1673rd most popular girl name.
- When was Marissa most popular?
- Marissa peaked in 1994, when 6,246 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #53, held for 2 years starting in 1994.
- How many people are named Marissa?
- 121,112 babies have been named Marissa in the US since 1880. We estimate about 118,839 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 30.
- Where is Marissa most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Marissa was most common in Texas, 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.