Mirissa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Mirissa

The Social Security Administration has registered 222 babies named Mirissa between 1985 and 2008, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mirissa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mirissa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 124 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Mirissa shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mirissa 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 222 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.