Girls' name · peaked in 1992
Karissa name popularity since 1925
20,089 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Karissa. Half of them were born in 1996 or earlier, so the typical Karissa is about 30 years old in 2026. Karissa peaked in 1992 as the #309 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 20,089
- Named Karissa, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,915 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 20,089 girls · 0 boys
- Most popular in
- Oregon
- 2.27× its national share
Peak year is the year Karissa 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.
Karissa births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1991. Measured as a share of all babies, Karissa peaked in 1992.
- Fastest rise: Between 1976 and 1981, Karissa became 2.2× more common, from 1 in 13,100 baby girls to 1 in 6,040.
- Steepest fall: Between 2013 and 2018, its share of baby girls fell by 56%, from 1 in 6,750 to 1 in 15,500.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Karissa's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Karissa.
Decade by decade
Babies named Karissa in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 122 | #3,830 |
| 1970s | 987 | #1,222 |
| 1980s | 3,810 | #542 |
| 1990s | 7,446 | #363 |
| 2000s | 5,097 | #598 |
| 2010s | 2,184 | #1,249 |
| 2020–25 | 443 | #2,915 |
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
45.9% of babies named Karissa from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Karissa is most popular
The index compares Karissa'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 Karissa.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Oregon | 2.27× | 376 |
| Washington | 2.07× | 610 |
| Minnesota | 1.88× | 604 |
| Wisconsin | 1.77× | 615 |
| California | 1.59× | 2,965 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Karissa 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Karissa (this page) | 20,089 | 1992 |
| Carissa | 28,447 | 1992 |
| Karisa | 2,773 | 1992 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Karissa's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Karissa.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Karissa (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