Girls' name · since 1981
Kharissa
Kharissa has 63 recorded births since 1981 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 63
- total births
- 1981–2020
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 30%
- born in that decade
Kharissa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 63 recorded since 1981.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kharissa has been recorded 63 times among girls since 1981, 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 1981 to 2020.
- 63 total births
- 1981–2020 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 30% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kharissa's 63 recorded births place it above 55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kharissa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kharissa's full recorded timeline at 2000, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kharissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2020
- Peak year (1993)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Kharissa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Kharissa's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Kharissa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
19 births
- 2000s
2000s
16 births
- 2010s
2010s
13 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 19 births (30% of all-time use).
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- Kharissa's decade-level peak was the 1990s (19 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- 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, 1981–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kharissa: Baby Name Since 1981 - 63 Births, Peak 1993." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kharissa. 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 Kharissa 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.