Nerissa — #13532 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Nerissa

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,968 babies named Nerissa between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nerissa currently holds the #13532 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 73 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nerissa performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 488 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Nerissa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 224 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Nerissa in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nerissa 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 1,968 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.