Girls' name · since 1968
Maressa
468 babies named Maressa in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,345 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 468
- born since 1968
- 1990s
- peak decade
468 girls have been named Maressa since 1968, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Maressa has 468 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1968 to 2010.
- #12,345 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 468 born since 1968
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maressa ranks #12,345 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 468 born since 1968, peaking in the 1990s.
- #12,345 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 468
- born since 1968
- 1990s
- peak decade
Maressa's 468 recorded births place it above 82.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Maressa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maressa's full recorded timeline at 1991, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1968, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 26 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maressa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2010
- Peak year (1993)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Maressa by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (171 births, 37% of the file).
1990s was Maressa's strongest decade.
171 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Maressa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 50
1970s
50 births
- 1980s
1980s
139 births
- 1990s
1990s
171 births
- 2000s
2000s
97 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 171 births (37% of all-time use).
Maressa by state
Where Maressa concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 2.1% |
10 of 468 births nationwide.
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What to do with Maressa's data
- Maressa's decade-level peak was the 1990s (171 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Maressas (10 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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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maressa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1968–2010 (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 Maressa 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.