Girls' name · since 1992
Marissah
110 babies named Marissah in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,084 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 110
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
110 girls have been named Marissah since 1992, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Marissah has 110 recorded births among girls since 1992, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2012.
- #26,084 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 110 born since 1992
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marissah ranks #26,084 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 110 born since 1992, peaking in the 2000s.
- #26,084 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 110
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Marissah's 110 recorded births place it above 63.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marissah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marissah splits its recorded history at 2002: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1999 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marissah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2012
- Peak year (1992)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2012.
110 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 9 births in a single year.
Marissah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (53 births, 48% of the file).
2000s was Marissah's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Marissah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
43 births
- 2000s
2000s
53 births
- 2010s 14
2010s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 53 births (48% of all-time use).
Marissah decade highlights
- Peak decade 53 births
- Runner-up 43 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Marissah's data
- Marissah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (53 total births); usage has since declined to 14 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Marissah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~20 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, 1992–2012 (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 Marissah 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.
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