Girls' name · since 1946
Larissa
23,498 babies named Larissa in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #952 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,644 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 23,498
- born since 1946
- 1990s
- peak decade
Larissa currently ranks #1644 among girls' names in America, with 23,498 babies recorded since 1946.
Larissa has 23,498 recorded births among girls since 1946, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1644 as of the latest data, more common than 90% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1946 to 2025.
- #952 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,644 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 23,498 born since 1946
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Larissa ranks #952 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,644 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 23,498 born since 1946, peaking in the 1990s.
- #952 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,644 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 23,498
- born since 1946
- 1990s
- peak decade
Larissa's 23,498 recorded births place it above 98.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
49 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Larissa compares
23,498 Top 6% higher than 94% 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
Larissa's all-time total is 62x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Larissa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 23,498 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 715 | 21 | 19,840 |
Larissa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Larissa's SSA record in two at 1987 and the more recent half accounts for 70% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 30%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1950, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1994 peak of 715, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Larissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 715
- Annual births at peak, across 80 years of records
Larissa by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (6,544 births, 28% of the file).
1990s was Larissa's strongest decade.
6,544 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Larissa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s 112
1950s
112 births
- 1960s 786
1960s
786 births
- 1970s
1970s
2,920 births
- 1980s
1980s
4,819 births
- 1990s
1990s
6,544 births
- 2000s
2000s
5,167 births
- 2010s 2,348
2010s
2,348 births
- 2020s 796
2020s
796 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 6,544 births (28% of all-time use).
How Larissa 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 Larissa's total volume
Larissa by state
Where Larissa concentrates geographically, total births since 1946
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 3,421 | 14.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,716 | 11.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,444 | 6.1% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 980 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 880 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Florida | | 821 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 790 | 3.4% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 659 | 2.8% |
3,421 of 23,498 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 49 reporting states.
Larissa appears in 49 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Larissa's data
- Larissa's decade-level peak was the 1990s (6,544 total births); usage has since declined to 796 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Larissas (3,421 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Larissa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~79 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, 1946–2025 (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 Larissa 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.