How Many People Are Named Merissa?
people named Merissa are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 102,545 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,412 babies named Merissa in Social Security records from 1962 to 2019, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
172 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Merissa in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Merissa alive today is about 32 years old, and 62% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 26 and 38 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Merissa first appears in the records in 1962 and was given most often in 1995, to 172 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2019.
Babies given the name each year, 1962 to 2019
🏆 Rank History
Merissa has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,044, in 1995.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,044 (1995) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,261 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Merissa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Merissa were born in California than in any other state: about 455 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Merissa was given 2.3 times as often in Michigan, 2 times in California and 1.9 times in New York.
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