Girls' name · peaked in 1992
Carissa name popularity since 1925
28,459 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Carissa. Half of them were born in 1992 or earlier, so the typical Carissa is about 34 years old in 2026. Carissa peaked in 1992 as the #240 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 28,459
- Named Carissa, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,349 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 28,447 girls · 12 boys
- Most popular in
- Colorado
- 1.70× its national share
Peak year is the year Carissa made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Carissa births per year, 1925–2025
1992 was the biggest year for Carissa both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1969 and 1974, Carissa became 2.8× more common, from 1 in 15,200 baby girls to 1 in 5,440.
- Steepest fall: Between 2011 and 2016, its share of baby girls fell by 55%, from 1 in 6,170 to 1 in 13,800.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Carissa's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Carissa.
Decade by decade
Babies named Carissa in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 5 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 71 | 0 | #4,110 |
| 1960s | 505 | 0 | #1,325 |
| 1970s | 3,635 | 0 | #555 |
| 1980s | 7,627 | 12 | #326 |
| 1990s | 8,820 | 0 | #329 |
| 2000s | 5,568 | 0 | #578 |
| 2010s | 1,857 | 0 | #1,412 |
| 2020–25 | 359 | 0 | #3,349 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
48.2% of babies named Carissa from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Carissa is most popular
The index compares Carissa's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Carissa.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Colorado | 1.70× | 546 |
| Minnesota | 1.70× | 808 |
| Oregon | 1.65× | 402 |
| Washington | 1.65× | 720 |
| Arizona | 1.61× | 542 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Carissa and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Carissa (this page) | 28,447 | 1992 |
| Karissa | 20,089 | 1992 |
| Carisa | 3,025 | 1977 |
| Caressa | 1,218 | 1987 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Carissa's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Carissa.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Carissa (1992).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data