Karissa — #2665 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Karissa

The Social Security Administration has registered 20,026 babies named Karissa between 1961 and 2024, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karissa currently holds the #2665 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 901 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karissa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 7,446 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Karissa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,960 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Karissa in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karissa 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 20,026 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.