Karrisa — girls' name
245 babies named Karrisa in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
245 girls have been named Karrisa since 1977, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2007.
- 245
- total births
- 1977–2007
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 48%
- born in that decade
48% of everyone ever named Karrisa was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Karrisa in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Karrisa
The Social Security Administration has registered 245 babies named Karrisa between 1977 and 2007, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karrisa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Karrisa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Karrisa shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Karrisa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Karrisa 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 245 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.
Karrisa at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Karrisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1977
- Peak year (1990)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
245 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 18 births in a single year.
Karrisa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 117 births that decade — 48% of Karrisa's all-time total
Karrisa decade highlights
- Peak decade 117 births
- Runner-up 72 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Karrisa's strongest decade
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Karrisa by state
Where Karrisa concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 2.4% |
6 of 245 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1977–2007 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.