Girls' name · since 1965
Marrissa
Marrissa has 1,438 recorded births since 1965 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,862 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,438
- born since 1965
- 1990s
- peak decade
Marrissa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 1,438 recorded since 1965.
Marrissa has 1,438 recorded births among girls since 1965, 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 1965 to 2016.
- #5,862 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,438 born since 1965
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marrissa ranks #5,862 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,438 born since 1965, peaking in the 1990s.
- #5,862 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,438
- born since 1965
- 1990s
- peak decade
Marrissa's 1,438 recorded births place it above 91.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Marrissa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marrissa splits its recorded history at 1993: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1965 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1993 peak of 87 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marrissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–2016
- Peak year (1993)
- 87
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Marrissa by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (671 births, 47% of the file).
1990s was Marrissa's strongest decade.
671 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Marrissa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 15
1960s
15 births
- 1970s 67
1970s
67 births
- 1980s
1980s
282 births
- 1990s
1990s
671 births
- 2000s
2000s
328 births
- 2010s 75
2010s
75 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 671 births (47% of all-time use).
How Marrissa compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Marrissa's total volume
Marrissa by state
Where Marrissa concentrates geographically, total births since 1965
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 175 | 12.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 73 | 5.1% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 17 | 1.2% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 12 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #6 | New York | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.3% |
175 of 1,438 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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- Marrissa's decade-level peak was the 1990s (671 total births); usage has since declined to 75 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Marrissas (175 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
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marrissa: 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 (~51 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, 1965–2016 (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 Marrissa 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.