Girls' name · since 1983
Clerissa
Clerissa has 30 recorded births since 1983 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1995 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #40,831 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1983
- 1990s
- peak decade
Clerissa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 30 recorded since 1983.
Social Security Administration records show Clerissa recorded 30 times among girls since 1983, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 1995.
- #40,831 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 30 born since 1983
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Clerissa ranks #40,831 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 30 born since 1983, peaking in the 1990s.
- #40,831 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1983
- 1990s
- peak decade
Clerissa's 30 recorded births place it above 43.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Clerissa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Clerissa splits its recorded history at 1990: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1994 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1995 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Clerissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1995
- Peak year (1995)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Clerissa by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (18 births, 60% of the file).
1990s was Clerissa's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Clerissa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 18 births (60% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Clerissa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~12 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, 1983–1995 (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 Clerissa 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.