Girls' name · since 1979
Merrissa
Merrissa has 177 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,084 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 177
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Merrissa is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 177 have been recorded since 1979.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Merrissa has been recorded 177 times among girls since 1979, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2006.
- #21,084 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 177 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Merrissa ranks #21,084 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 177 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #21,084 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 177
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Merrissa's 177 recorded births place it above 70.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Merrissa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Merrissa splits its recorded history at 1992: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1989 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Merrissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2006
- Peak year (1989)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Merrissa by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (90 births, 51% of the file).
1990s was Merrissa's strongest decade.
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Merrissa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
61 births
- 1990s
1990s
90 births
- 2000s 21
2000s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 90 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Merrissa's decade-level peak was the 1990s (90 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2000s -- 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 Merrissa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1979–2006 (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 Merrissa 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.