Narissa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Narissa

The Social Security Administration has registered 784 babies named Narissa between 1964 and 2022, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Narissa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Narissa performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 217 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Narissa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 31 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Washington. In total, SSA state-level files list Narissa in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Narissa 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 784 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.