Charisa — girls' name
395 babies named Charisa in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
37% of everyone ever named Charisa was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Charisa in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Charisa
The Social Security Administration has registered 395 babies named Charisa between 1969 and 2010, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Charisa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Charisa performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 145 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Charisa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Charisa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Charisa 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 395 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.
Charisa at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Charisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1969
- Peak year (1978)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
395 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 22 births in a single year.
Charisa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 145 births that decade — 37% of Charisa's all-time total
Charisa decade highlights
- Peak decade 145 births
- Runner-up 126 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Charisa's strongest decade
145 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Charisa by state
Where Charisa concentrates geographically — total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.3% |
5 of 395 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1969–2010 (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.