Girls' name · since 1928
Claressa
Claressa has 418 recorded births since 1928 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1983 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,170 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 418
- born since 1928
- 1980s
- peak decade
Claressa is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 418 have been recorded since 1928.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Claressa has been recorded 418 times among girls since 1928, 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 1928 to 2005.
- #13,170 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 418 born since 1928
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Claressa ranks #13,170 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 418 born since 1928, peaking in the 1980s.
- #13,170 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 418
- born since 1928
- 1980s
- peak decade
Claressa's 418 recorded births place it above 81.78% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Claressa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Claressa splits its recorded history at 1974: 65% of all births land in the more recent half, 35% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1928 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1983 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Claressa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1928–2005
- Peak year (1983)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 78 years of records
Claressa by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (135 births, 32% of the file).
1980s was Claressa's strongest decade.
135 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Claressa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 12
1930s
12 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 43
1950s
43 births
- 1960s
1960s
55 births
- 1970s
1970s
89 births
- 1980s
1980s
135 births
- 1990s
1990s
65 births
- 2000s 9
2000s
9 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 135 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Claressa's decade-level peak was the 1980s (135 total births); usage has since declined to 9 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 Claressa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
Similar record span (~77 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, 1928–2005 (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 Claressa 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.