Merrissa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Merrissa

The Social Security Administration has registered 177 babies named Merrissa between 1979 and 2006, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Merrissa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Merrissa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 90 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Merrissa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Merrissa 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 177 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.