Girls' name · peaked in 1994
Marissa name popularity since 1925
121,112 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Marissa. Half of them were born in 1996 or earlier, so the typical Marissa is about 30 years old in 2026. Marissa peaked in 1994 as the #53 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 121,112
- Named Marissa, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,679 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 120,842 girls · 270 boys
- Most popular in
- New Mexico
- 2.24× its national share
Peak year is the year Marissa 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.
Marissa births per year, 1925–2025
1994 was the biggest year for Marissa both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1972 and 1977, Marissa became 3.9× more common, from 1 in 5,570 baby girls to 1 in 1,430.
- Steepest fall: Between 2010 and 2015, its share of baby girls fell by 62%, from 1 in 1,160 to 1 in 3,060.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Marissa's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Marissa.
Decade by decade
Babies named Marissa 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 | 5 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 21 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 408 | 0 | #1,657 |
| 1960s | 1,475 | 0 | #964 |
| 1970s | 6,122 | 29 | #484 |
| 1980s | 21,101 | 98 | #152 |
| 1990s | 51,214 | 100 | #53 |
| 2000s | 32,068 | 43 | #91 |
| 2010s | 7,423 | 0 | #536 |
| 2020–25 | 1,005 | 0 | #1,679 |
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
46.8% of babies named Marissa from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Marissa is most popular
The index compares Marissa'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 Marissa.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 2.24× | 1,486 |
| Arizona | 1.99× | 3,092 |
| Nevada | 1.82× | 779 |
| Rhode Island | 1.67× | 711 |
| California | 1.57× | 19,898 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Marissa 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Marissa (this page) | 120,842 | 1994 |
| Marisa | 48,707 | 1995 |
| Maryssa | 1,670 | 1997 |
| Marrissa | 1,438 | 1995 |
| 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 Marissa's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Marissa.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Marissa (1994).
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