Girls' name · since 1973
Cherissa
Cherissa has 161 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1980 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,046 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 161
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
161 girls have been named Cherissa since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cherissa has been recorded 161 times among girls since 1973, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, 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 1973 to 2002.
- #22,046 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 161 born since 1973
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cherissa ranks #22,046 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 161 born since 1973, peaking in the 1980s.
- #22,046 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 161
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Cherissa's 161 recorded births place it above 69.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cherissa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cherissa's full recorded timeline at 1984, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1980 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cherissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2002
- Peak year (1980)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Cherissa by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (93 births, 58% of the file).
1980s was Cherissa's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Cherissa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
44 births
- 1980s
1980s
93 births
- 1990s 19
1990s
19 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 93 births (58% of all-time use).
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What to do with Cherissa's data
- Cherissa's decade-level peak was the 1980s (93 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- 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 Cherissa: 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 (~29 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, 1973–2002 (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 Cherissa 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.