Girls' name · since 1989
Caryssa
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.
- #19,900 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 198
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Caryssa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 198 recorded since 1989.
Social Security Administration records show Caryssa recorded 198 times among girls since 1989, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2012.
- #19,900 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 198 born since 1989
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caryssa ranks #19,900 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 198 born since 1989, peaking in the 1990s.
- #19,900 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 198
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Caryssa's 198 recorded births place it above 72.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Caryssa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Caryssa's full recorded timeline at 2000, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1989, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Caryssa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2012
- Peak year (1999)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Caryssa by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (97 births, 49% of the file).
1990s was Caryssa's strongest decade.
97 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Caryssa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
97 births
- 2000s
2000s
86 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 97 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Caryssa's decade-level peak was the 1990s (97 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Caryssa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~23 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, 1989–2012 (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 Caryssa 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.