Girls' name · since 1978
Darissa
100 babies named Darissa in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,092 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,231 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 100
- born since 1978
- 2020s
- peak decade
100 babies have been named Darissa since 1978, making it today's #12231 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Darissa has been recorded 100 times among girls since 1978, currently ranked #12231 nationally and more common than 29% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2025.
- #27,092 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,231 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 100 born since 1978
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Darissa ranks #27,092 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,231 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 100 born since 1978, peaking in the 2020s.
- #27,092 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,231 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 100
- born since 1978
- 2020s
- peak decade
Darissa's 100 recorded births place it above 62.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Darissa compares
100 25th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Darissa's all-time total is 73% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Darissa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 100 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Darissa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Darissa splits its recorded history at 2011: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Darissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Darissa by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (42 births, 42% of the file).
2020s was Darissa's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Darissa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 15
1980s
15 births
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
19 births
- 2020s
2020s
42 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 42 births (42% of all-time use).
Darissa by state
Where Darissa concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 6.0% |
6 of 100 births nationwide.
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- Texas records the most Darissas (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
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 Darissa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1978–2025 (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 Darissa 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.