Clarisa — #9569 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Clarisa

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,171 babies named Clarisa between 1911 and 2024, spanning 114 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Clarisa currently holds the #9569 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 323 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Clarisa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,091 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Clarisa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 694 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Clarisa in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Clarisa 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 3,171 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.