How Many People Are Named Charissa?
people named Charissa are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 69,638 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,140 babies named Charissa in Social Security records from 1949 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
212 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Elaborated form of CHARIS. Edmund Spencer used it in his epic poem 'The Faerie Queene' (1590).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Charissa in English. Counting Charissa and these spellings together, about 52,316 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Charissa in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Charissa alive today is about 40 years old, and 74% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 32 and 49 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Charissa first appears in the records in 1949 and was given most often in 1980, to 212 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1949 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Charissa has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #779, in 1980. In 2025 it ranked #11,141.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #11,141 |
| Best rank | #779 (1980) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #962 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Charissa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Charissa were born in California than in any other state: about 473 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Charissa was given 2.6 times as often in Washington, 2.3 times in Oregon and 1.9 times in Texas.
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