How Many People Are Named Karissa?
people named Karissa are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 17,353 people in the US has this name
Based on 20,089 babies named Karissa in Social Security records from 1961 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
901 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 Karissa in English. Counting Karissa and these spellings together, about 52,316 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Karissa in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Karissa alive today is about 28 years old, and 51% are under 30. Half of them were between 21 and 35 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Karissa first appears in the records in 1961 and was given most often in 1991, to 901 babies. In 2025, 58 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1961 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Karissa has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #306, in 1991. In 2025 it ranked #2,915.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,915 |
| Best rank | #306 (1991) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #369 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Karissa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Karissa were born in California than in any other state: about 2,911 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Karissa was given 2.3 times as often in Rhode Island, 2 times in Minnesota and 2 times in Oregon.
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