How Many People Are Named Nerissa?
people named Nerissa are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 182,674 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,977 babies named Nerissa in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
73 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Created by Shakespeare for a character in his play 'The Merchant of Venice' (1596). He possibly took it from Greek Νηρεις (Nereis) meaning "nymph, sea sprite", ultimately derived from the name of the Greek sea god NEREUS, who supposedly fathered them.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nerissa in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nerissa alive today is about 39 years old, and 64% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 28 and 50 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nerissa first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 1979, to 73 babies. In 2025, 9 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nerissa has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,585, in 1979. In 2025 it ranked #10,677.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #10,677 |
| Best rank | #1,585 (1979) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,186 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nerissa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nerissa were born in California than in any other state: about 217 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nerissa was given 3.7 times as often in California, 3.2 times in New York and 1.3 times in Texas.
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