How Many People Are Named Carissa?
people named Carissa are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 12,333 people in the US has this name
Based on 28,459 babies named Carissa in Social Security records from 1949 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,155 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of CHARISSA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Carissa in English. Counting Carissa and these spellings together, about 52,316 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Carissa in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Carissa alive today is about 33 years old, and 62% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 24 and 41 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Carissa first appears in the records in 1949 and was given most often in 1992, to 1,155 babies. In 2025, 46 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1949 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Carissa has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #240, in 1992. In 2025 it ranked #3,348.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,348 |
| Best rank | #240 (1992) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #315 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Carissa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Carissa were born in California than in any other state: about 3,970 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Carissa was given 1.9 times as often in South Dakota, 1.8 times in Iowa and 1.8 times in Minnesota.
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