Baby name

Marissa

Girl

Origin of the name

Marissa is a modern form of Maria.

Short-lived name

1994 was its best year: 6,246 births, or 1 baby in 595. The trend faded fast: today's pace is 98% below the peak. Latest ranking, 2025: No. 1673. 42% of all babies named Marissa since 1880 were born in the 1990s.

120,842births since 1880

1990sgeneration

No. 53rank at its peak, in 1994

Where babies named Marissa are born

1994

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The darker the blue, the more common Marissa is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Marissa is most common in New Mexico (2.2 times), Rhode Island (1.8) and Arizona (1.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Marisa 48,707
Carissa 28,447
Larissa 23,498
Karissa 20,089
Malissa 8,866
Merissa 3,412

Names from the same era

Briana · Miranda · Katelyn · Alexandria · Mariah · Kelsey

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