Girls' name · since 1968
Klarissa
Klarissa has 2,877 recorded births since 1968 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1998 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,692 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,970 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,877
- born since 1968
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Klarissa is the #5970 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,877 recorded since 1968.
Social Security Administration records show Klarissa recorded 2,877 times among girls since 1968, holding rank #5970 nationally today, ahead of 65% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2025.
- #3,692 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,970 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,877 born since 1968
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Klarissa ranks #3,692 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,970 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,877 born since 1968, peaking in the 2000s.
- #3,692 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,970 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,877
- born since 1968
- 2000s
- peak decade
Klarissa's 2,877 recorded births place it above 94.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Klarissa compares
2,877 Top 19% higher than 81% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Klarissa's all-time total is 8x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Klarissa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,877 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 121 | 21 | 19,840 |
Klarissa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Klarissa's full recorded timeline at 2000, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1972, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 121 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Klarissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 121
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Klarissa by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (980 births, 34% of the file).
2000s was Klarissa's strongest decade.
980 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Klarissa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 33
1970s
33 births
- 1980s 196
1980s
196 births
- 1990s
1990s
885 births
- 2000s
2000s
980 births
- 2010s
2010s
604 births
- 2020s 173
2020s
173 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 980 births (34% of all-time use).
How Klarissa compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Klarissa's total volume
Klarissa by state
Where Klarissa concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 839 | 29.2% |
| #2 | California | | 707 | 24.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 25 | 0.9% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 17 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 15 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Missouri | | 6 | 0.2% |
| #7 | Florida | | 5 | 0.2% |
| #8 | New Mexico | | 5 | 0.2% |
839 of 2,877 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Klarissa appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Klarissa's data
- Klarissa's decade-level peak was the 2000s (980 total births); usage has since declined to 173 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Klarissas (839 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Klarissa
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Klarissa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~57 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1968–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Klarissa 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 August 2026.