Girls' name · since 1979
Lerissa
27 babies named Lerissa in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #42,316 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lerissa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 27 recorded since 1979.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lerissa has been recorded 27 times among girls since 1979, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2009.
- #42,316 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 27 born since 1979
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lerissa ranks #42,316 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 1979, peaking in the 1980s.
- #42,316 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lerissa's 27 recorded births place it above 41.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lerissa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lerissa's full recorded timeline at 1989, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1984 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lerissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2009
- Peak year (1984)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Lerissa by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (12 births, 44% of the file).
1980s was Lerissa's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Lerissa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 12 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Lerissa's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 2000s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lerissa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1979–2009 (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 Lerissa 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.