Karisa — #15592 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Karisa

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,773 babies named Karisa between 1961 and 2024, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karisa currently holds the #15592 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 161 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karisa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,017 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Karisa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 284 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Karisa in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karisa 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 2,773 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.