Girls' name · since 1973
Morrissa
Morrissa has 86 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,864 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 86
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
86 girls have been named Morrissa since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Morrissa has 86 recorded births among girls since 1973, 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 1973 to 2012.
- #28,864 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 86 born since 1973
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Morrissa ranks #28,864 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 86 born since 1973, peaking in the 1990s.
- #28,864 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 86
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Morrissa's 86 recorded births place it above 60.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Morrissa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Morrissa's SSA record in two at 1994 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1973, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1989 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Morrissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2012
- Peak year (1989)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Morrissa by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (39 births, 45% of the file).
1990s was Morrissa's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Morrissa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
25 births
- 1990s
1990s
39 births
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 39 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Morrissa's decade-level peak was the 1990s (39 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- 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 Morrissa: 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 (~39 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, 1973–2012 (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 Morrissa 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.