Girls' name · since 1949
Carissa
28,447 babies named Carissa in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #862 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,350 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 28,447
- born since 1949
- 1990s
- peak decade
Carissa currently ranks #3350 among girls' names in America, with 28,447 babies recorded since 1949.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carissa has been recorded 28,447 times among girls since 1949, currently ranked #3350 nationally and more common than 81% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 2025.
- #862 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,350 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 28,447 born since 1949
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carissa ranks #862 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,350 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 28,447 born since 1949, peaking in the 1990s.
- #862 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,350 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 28,447
- born since 1949
- 1990s
- peak decade
Carissa's 28,447 recorded births place it above 98.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
49 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Carissa compares
28,447 Top 5% higher than 95% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Carissa's all-time total is 76x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Carissa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 28,447 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,155 | 21 | 19,840 |
Carissa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Carissa's full recorded timeline at 1988, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1949, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 1,155 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Carissa popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–2025
- Peak year (1992)
- 1,155
- Annual births at peak, across 77 years of records
Carissa popularity over time - boys
12 total births recorded since 1985 (Carissa as boys' name)
Carissa by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (8,820 births, 31% of the file).
1990s was Carissa's strongest decade.
8,820 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Carissa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 71
1950s
71 births
- 1960s 505
1960s
505 births
- 1970s
1970s
3,635 births
- 1980s
1980s
7,627 births
- 1990s
1990s
8,820 births
- 2000s
2000s
5,568 births
- 2010s 1,857
2010s
1,857 births
- 2020s 359
2020s
359 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 8,820 births (31% of all-time use).
How Carissa compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Carissa's total volume
Carissa by state
Where Carissa concentrates geographically, total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 4,064 | 14.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,041 | 7.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,658 | 5.8% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 1,334 | 4.7% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 1,258 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 1,182 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Florida | | 1,172 | 4.1% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 953 | 3.4% |
4,064 of 28,447 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 49 reporting states.
Carissa appears in 49 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Carissa's data
- Carissa's decade-level peak was the 1990s (8,820 total births); usage has since declined to 359 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Carissas (4,064 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Carissa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~76 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1949–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Carissa draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.