Myrissa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Myrissa

The Social Security Administration has registered 358 babies named Myrissa between 1986 and 2012, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Myrissa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Myrissa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 193 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Myrissa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Myrissa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Myrissa 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 358 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.