How Many People Are Named Charisse?

4,883

people named Charisse are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 69,994 people in the US has this name

Based on 5,296 babies named Charisse in Social Security records from 1946 to 2021, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#3,783

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#2,126

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Peak Year

1971

209 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: shə-REES
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

From a French surname of unknown meaning. It was used as a given name in honour of American actress and dancer Cyd Charisse (1921-2008).

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Same Sound, Other Spellings

These names are pronounced like Charisse in English. Counting Charisse and these spellings together, about 10,375 people alive in the US have the name.

Related & Similar Names

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Charisse in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Charisse alive today is about 49 years old, and 68% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 40 and 59 in 2025.

Under 30 413
8.5%
30 to 59 3,322
68%
60 and over 1,147
23.5%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Charisse first appears in the records in 1946 and was given most often in 1971, to 209 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2021.

Babies given the name each year, 1946 to 2021

🏆 Rank History

Charisse has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #727, in 1971.

Girls
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#727 (1971)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#917 in the 1970s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Charisse alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Charisse were born in New York than in any other state: about 833 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Charisse was given 3.7 times as often in New York, 2.1 times in Illinois and 2 times in California.

New York 833
California 606
Illinois 304
Michigan 242
Ohio 191
Pennsylvania 148
Texas 120
New Jersey 76
Louisiana 54
Florida 53
Maryland 36
Missouri 30
Hawaii 19
Indiana 14
Utah 14
North Carolina 10
Georgia 6
Connecticut 5
Washington 5
Wisconsin 5

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