Recorded 1968–2010 Girls' name Peak 1993 468 births

Maressa — girls' name

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.

1960s51970s501980s1391990s1712000s972010s6
1990s
Peak decade

37% of everyone ever named Maressa was born in this single decade.

1993
Single peak year

26 babies were named Maressa in 1993 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Maressa

The Social Security Administration has registered 468 babies named Maressa between 1968 and 2010, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maressa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maressa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 171 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Maressa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Maressa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maressa 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 468 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.

Maressa at a glance

Last recorded 2010

Total births

468

Since 1968

43 years of records

Peak year

1993

26 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2010

Active since

1968

Recorded for 43 years

Last year on file: 2010

Maressa popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1968

Last recorded 2010
Peak year (1993)
26
Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
051015202530 201020041999199419891984197919711968 5

Maressa by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
171 births that decade — 37% of Maressa's all-time total
1960s51970s501980s1391990s1712000s972010s6

Maressa by state

Where Maressa concentrates geographically — total births since 1968

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Maressa
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
10 2.1%
California share of Maressa's total US births 2.1%

10 of 468 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Maressa?
468 babies have been named Maressa since 1968. It was last recorded in 2010. The peak year was 1993 with 26 births.
When was Maressa most popular?
Maressa was most popular in the 1990s decade with 171 total births. The single peak year was 1993.
Where is Maressa most popular?
The top states for the name Maressa are California (10 births).
How long has the name Maressa been used?
Maressa has been recorded in Social Security data since 1968, spanning 43 years of data through 2010.
What names are similar to Maressa?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mary, Margaret, Maria, Martha, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1968–2010 (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.