Caryssa — girls' name
198 babies named Caryssa in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
49% of everyone ever named Caryssa was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Caryssa in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Caryssa
The Social Security Administration has registered 198 babies named Caryssa between 1989 and 2012, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Caryssa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Caryssa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 97 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Caryssa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Caryssa in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 198 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Caryssa at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Caryssa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1989
- Peak year (1999)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2012.
198 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 16 births in a single year.
Caryssa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 97 births that decade — 49% of Caryssa's all-time total
Caryssa decade highlights
- Peak decade 97 births
- Runner-up 86 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Caryssa's strongest decade
97 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1989–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.