Carissa
Carissa is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 45 births. Its best rank was 240th, in 1992.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 450.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19921,156 births
- Best rank
- #240in 1992
- Since 1949
- 28,400people given the name
The story in the numbers
28,400 girls have been named Carissa in the United States since 1949, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1992, with 1,156 births.
The name has all but left use: 45 births in 2024, against 1,156 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1992, and the 1990s alone account for 31%. It has spent 43 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Carissa | |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | |
| 1950s | 71 | |
| 1960s | 505 | |
| 1970s | 3,635 | |
| 1980s | 7,627 | |
| 1990s | 8,820 | |
| 2000s | 5,568 | |
| 2010s | 1,856 | |
| 2020s | 313 |
In 1992, its biggest year
Carissa was the 240th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1992 were Ashley, Jessica, Amanda, Brittany and Sarah. See all of 1992.
Names that rose and fell with Carissa
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rociopeak 1992
- Chassitypeak 1988
- Rebekkapeak 1997
- Shamarapeak 1989
- Kacypeak 1990
- Corrinpeak 2000
- Kateypeak 1992
- Jenaepeak 1991
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.