Girls' name · since 1976
Kerisa
Since 1976, U.S. Social Security records show 55 babies named Kerisa, peaking in 1991. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 55
- total births
- 1976–2002
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
Kerisa is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 55 have been recorded since 1976.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kerisa has been recorded 55 times among girls since 1976, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2002.
- 55 total births
- 1976–2002 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 55% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kerisa's 55 recorded births place it above 53% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kerisa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kerisa splits its recorded history at 1992: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1992 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kerisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2002
- Peak year (1991)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Kerisa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Kerisa's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Kerisa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
13 births
- 1990s
1990s
30 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 30 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Kerisa's decade-level peak was the 1990s (30 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1976–2002 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kerisa: Baby Name Since 1976 - 55 Births, Peak 1991." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kerisa. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kerisa 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 July 2026.