How Many People Are Named Clarissa?
people named Clarissa are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 9,301 people in the US has this name
Based on 40,505 babies named Clarissa in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,201 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Latinate form of CLARICE. This was the name of the title character in a 1748 novel by Samuel Richardson. In the novel Clarissa is a virtuous woman who is tragically exploited by her family and her lover.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Clarissa in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Clarissa alive today is about 32 years old, and 47% are under 30. Half of them were between 21 and 41 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Clarissa first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1995, to 1,201 babies. In 2025, 212 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Clarissa has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #237, in 1994. In 2025 it ranked #1,114.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,114 |
| Best rank | #237 (1994) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #262 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Clarissa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Clarissa were born in Texas than in any other state: about 7,561 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Clarissa was given 2.5 times as often in New Mexico, 2.4 times in Texas and 2.3 times in Arizona.
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