Girls' name · since 1949
Charissa
Charissa has 5,140 recorded births since 1949 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1980 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,528 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,081 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,140
- born since 1949
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Charissa is the #11081 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 5,140 recorded since 1949.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Charissa has been recorded 5,140 times among girls since 1949, currently ranked #11081 nationally and more common than 36% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. 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.
- #2,528 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,081 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,140 born since 1949
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Charissa ranks #2,528 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,081 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,140 born since 1949, peaking in the 1980s.
- #2,528 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,081 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,140
- born since 1949
- 1980s
- peak decade
Charissa's 5,140 recorded births place it above 96.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
28 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Charissa compares
5,140 Top 14% higher than 86% 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
Charissa's all-time total is 14x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Charissa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,140 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 212 | 21 | 19,840 |
Charissa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Charissa's full recorded timeline at 1987, 40% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 60% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1949, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1980 peak of 212 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Charissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–2025
- Peak year (1980)
- 212
- Annual births at peak, across 77 years of records
Charissa by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (1,653 births, 32% of the file).
1980s was Charissa's strongest decade.
1,653 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Charissa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s 201
1950s
201 births
- 1960s 360
1960s
360 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,283 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,653 births
- 1990s
1990s
936 births
- 2000s 403
2000s
403 births
- 2010s 237
2010s
237 births
- 2020s 61
2020s
61 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 1,653 births (32% of all-time use).
How Charissa 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 Charissa's total volume
Charissa by state
Where Charissa concentrates geographically, total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 490 | 9.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 347 | 6.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 224 | 4.4% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 151 | 2.9% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 133 | 2.6% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 118 | 2.3% |
| #7 | Washington | | 105 | 2.0% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 90 | 1.8% |
490 of 5,140 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Charissa appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Charissa's data
- Charissa's decade-level peak was the 1980s (1,653 total births); usage has since declined to 61 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Charissas (490 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 Charissa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
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 Charissa 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.