Lerissa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Lerissa

The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Lerissa between 1979 and 2009, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lerissa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lerissa performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lerissa shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lerissa 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 27 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.