Risa Girl
How popular is Risa?
#5,553 girl name in 2025
22 baby girls were named Risa in the US in 2025, making it the 5553rd most popular girl name.
Risa popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #5,553 for girls (▲ 1694 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 22 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+38% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #7,263 in 2015, #7,554 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1962 (131 girls) |
| Highest rank | #905 in 1966 |
| First recorded | 1942 |
| 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 |
Risa counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Risa family of names ranked #2,411 for girls in 2025 (#3,141 the year before), with 48 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Risa | 22 | 46% |
| Rysa | 15 | 31% |
| Riza | 6 | 13% |
| Ryza | 5 | 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 Risa is most popular
Babies named Risa per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Risa by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 181 | #1,322 |
| 1950s | 692 | #1,035 |
| 1960s | 1,073 | #905 |
| 1970s | 561 | #1,389 |
| 1980s | 536 | #1,733 |
| 1990s | 474 | #1,934 |
| 2000s | 331 | #2,972 |
| 2010s | 237 | #4,385 |
| 2020s | 92 | #5,553 |
Girl names about as popular as Risa
Questions
- Is Risa a boy or girl name?
- Risa is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Risa were girls.
- How popular is the name Risa?
- 22 baby girls were named Risa in the US in 2025, making it the 5553rd most popular girl name.
- When was Risa most popular?
- Risa peaked in 1962, when 131 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #905 in 1966.
- How many people are named Risa?
- 4,177 babies have been named Risa in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,820 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 52.
- Where is Risa most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Risa 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.