Morissa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Morissa

The Social Security Administration has registered 196 babies named Morissa between 1974 and 2006, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Morissa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Morissa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 105 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Morissa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Morissa 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 196 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.