Girls' name · since 1978
Charessa
Charessa has 17 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1978 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #47,582 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1978
- 1970s
- peak decade
Charessa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 17 recorded since 1978.
Charessa has 17 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 1990.
- #47,582 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 17 born since 1978
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Charessa ranks #47,582 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1978, peaking in the 1970s.
- #47,582 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1978
- 1970s
- peak decade
Charessa's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Charessa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Charessa's SSA record in two at 1982 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1978 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Charessa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1990
- Peak year (1978)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Charessa by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (6 births, 35% of the file).
1970s was Charessa's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Charessa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 6 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Charessa's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (6 total births) through the 1990s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Charessa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~12 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, 1978–1990 (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 Charessa 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.