Korissa — girls' name
357 babies named Korissa in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
54% of everyone ever named Korissa was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Korissa in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Korissa
The Social Security Administration has registered 357 babies named Korissa between 1977 and 2011, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Korissa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Korissa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 193 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Korissa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Korissa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Korissa 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 357 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.
Korissa at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Korissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1977
- Peak year (1993)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
357 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 28 births in a single year.
Korissa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 193 births that decade — 54% of Korissa's all-time total
Korissa decade highlights
- Peak decade 193 births
- Runner-up 72 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Korissa's strongest decade
193 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Korissa by state
Where Korissa concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 17 | 4.8% |
17 of 357 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 4.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.8% 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, 1977–2011 (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.