Karrissa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Karrissa

The Social Security Administration has registered 356 babies named Karrissa between 1973 and 2014, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karrissa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karrissa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 165 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Karrissa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karrissa 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 356 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.