Girls' name · peaked in 1995
Marisa name popularity since 1925
48,773 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Marisa. Half of them were born in 1990 or earlier, so the typical Marisa is about 36 years old in 2026. Marisa peaked in 1995 as the #147 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 48,773
- Named Marisa, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #5,178 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 48,707 girls · 66 boys
- Most popular in
- New Mexico
- 2.44× its national share
Peak year is the year Marisa 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.
Marisa births per year, 1925–2025
1995 was the biggest year for Marisa both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1972 and 1977, Marisa became 3.3× more common, from 1 in 3,140 baby girls to 1 in 953.
- Steepest fall: Between 2010 and 2015, its share of baby girls fell by 67%, from 1 in 5,390 to 1 in 16,500.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Marisa's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Marisa.
Decade by decade
Babies named Marisa 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 | 17 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 43 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 1,315 | 0 | #1,080 |
| 1960s | 3,432 | 0 | #547 |
| 1970s | 8,321 | 29 | #371 |
| 1980s | 10,358 | 30 | #258 |
| 1990s | 15,537 | 7 | #147 |
| 2000s | 7,778 | 0 | #391 |
| 2010s | 1,653 | 0 | #1,891 |
| 2020–25 | 253 | 0 | #5,178 |
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
42.7% of babies named Marisa from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Marisa is most popular
The index compares Marisa'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 Marisa.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 2.44× | 625 |
| Hawaii | 2.23× | 323 |
| Arizona | 1.82× | 1,091 |
| Connecticut | 1.81× | 906 |
| New Jersey | 1.74× | 2,222 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Marisa 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Marisa (this page) | 48,707 | 1995 |
| Marissa | 120,842 | 1994 |
| Marrissa | 1,438 | 1995 |
| Mariza | 1,142 | 2005 |
| Marrisa | 1,060 | 1994 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Marisa's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Marisa.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Marisa (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