Clorissa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Clorissa

The Social Security Administration has registered 402 babies named Clorissa between 1962 and 2005, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Clorissa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Clorissa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 155 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Clorissa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Clorissa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Clorissa 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 402 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.