Girls' name · since 1981
Norissa
57 babies named Norissa in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #33,518 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 57
- born since 1981
- 1980s
- peak decade
Norissa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 57 recorded since 1981.
Social Security Administration records show Norissa recorded 57 times among girls since 1981, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2016.
- #33,518 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 57 born since 1981
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Norissa ranks #33,518 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 57 born since 1981, peaking in the 1980s.
- #33,518 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 57
- born since 1981
- 1980s
- peak decade
Norissa's 57 recorded births place it above 53.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Norissa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Norissa's SSA record in two at 1991 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1981, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1985 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Norissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2016
- Peak year (1985)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Norissa by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (27 births, 47% of the file).
1980s was Norissa's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Norissa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
27 births
- 1990s
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
13 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 27 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Norissa's decade-level peak was the 1980s (27 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Norissa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1981–2016 (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 Norissa 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.