Girls' name · peaked in 1995
Clarissa name popularity since 1925
38,942 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Clarissa. Half of them were born in 1994 or earlier, so the typical Clarissa is about 32 years old in 2026. Clarissa peaked in 1995 as the #239 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 38,942
- Named Clarissa, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,114 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 38,921 girls · 21 boys
- Most popular in
- Arizona
- 2.97× its national share
Peak year is the year Clarissa 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.
Clarissa births per year, 1925–2025
1995 was the biggest year for Clarissa both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1965 and 1970, Clarissa became 1.6× more common, from 1 in 8,830 baby girls to 1 in 5,450.
- Steepest fall: Between 2019 and 2024, its share of baby girls fell by 43%, from 1 in 4,440 to 1 in 7,830.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Clarissa's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Clarissa.
Decade by decade
Babies named Clarissa 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 | 302 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 512 | 0 | #1,019 |
| 1940s | 680 | 0 | #1,064 |
| 1950s | 1,402 | 0 | #755 |
| 1960s | 2,323 | 0 | #695 |
| 1970s | 3,473 | 0 | #489 |
| 1980s | 6,374 | 11 | #367 |
| 1990s | 10,592 | 10 | #239 |
| 2000s | 7,558 | 0 | #419 |
| 2010s | 4,266 | 0 | #697 |
| 2020–25 | 1,439 | 0 | #1,114 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
34.6% of babies named Clarissa from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Clarissa is most popular
The index compares Clarissa'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 Clarissa.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 2.97× | 1,344 |
| Texas | 2.83× | 7,755 |
| New Mexico | 2.48× | 478 |
| California | 1.95× | 7,202 |
| Utah | 1.27× | 377 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Clarissa 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Clarissa (this page) | 38,921 | 1995 |
| Clarisa | 3,168 | 1994 |
| Klarissa | 2,877 | 1998 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Clarissa's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Clarissa.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Clarissa (1995).
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