How Many People Are Named Clarisa?

3,050

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

About 1 in 112,060 people in the US has this name

Based on 3,193 babies named Clarisa in Social Security records from 1911 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#5,129

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#2,880

See the top 100

Peak Year

1994

323 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Spanish
Pronunciation: kla-REE-sa
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Spanish variant of CLARISSA.

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

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

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

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Clarisa alive today is about 31 years old, and 48% are under 30. Half of them were between 21 and 39 in 2025.

Under 30 1,454
47.7%
30 to 59 1,449
47.5%
60 and over 147
4.8%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Clarisa first appears in the records in 1911 and was given most often in 1994, to 323 babies. In 2025, 21 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1911 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Clarisa has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #665, in 1994. In 2025 it ranked #5,757.

Girls
Rank in 2025#5,757
Best rank#665 (1994)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,493 in the 1990s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

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

More people named Clarisa were born in California than in any other state: about 687 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Clarisa was given 4.3 times as often in Texas, 3 times in California and 1.8 times in Arizona.

California 687
Texas 616
New York 85
Arizona 51
Florida 33
Illinois 28
New Jersey 15
Oregon 8
Nevada 7
Michigan 6
Missouri 5
Colorado 5
Washington 5

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