Girls' name · since 1991
Murissa
10 babies named Murissa in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #56,116 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
10 girls have been named Murissa since 1991, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Murissa has 10 recorded births among girls since 1991, 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 1991 to 1999.
- #56,116 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 10 born since 1991
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Murissa ranks #56,116 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 1991, peaking in the 1990s.
- #56,116 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Murissa's 10 recorded births place it above 21.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Murissa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Murissa splits its recorded history at 1999: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1991 (5 births).
Murissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1999
- Peak year (1991)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1999.
10 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 5 births in a single year.
Murissa by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (10 births, 100% of the file).
1990s was Murissa's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Murissa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).
Murissa decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Murissa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~8 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, 1991–1999 (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 Murissa 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.
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