Marisa
Marisa is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 38 births. Its best rank was 147th, in 1994–1995.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 380.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19952,198 births
- Best rank
- #147first in 1994
- Since 1934
- 48,683people given the name
The story in the numbers
48,683 girls have been named Marisa in the United States since 1934, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1995, with 2,198 births — 0.12% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 38 births in 2024, against 2,198 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1990, and the 1990s alone account for 32%. It has spent 57 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Marisa | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 17 | |
| 1940s | 43 | |
| 1950s | 1,315 | |
| 1960s | 3,432 | |
| 1970s | 8,322 | |
| 1980s | 10,358 | |
| 1990s | 15,537 | |
| 2000s | 7,778 | |
| 2010s | 1,653 | |
| 2020s | 228 |
In 1995, its biggest year
Marisa was the 147th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1995 were Jessica, Ashley, Emily, Samantha and Sarah. See all of 1995.
Names that rose and fell with Marisa
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Carlyepeak 1996
- Rebeckapeak 1993
- Toriapeak 1976
- Brookpeak 1980
- Korinpeak 1978
- Salenapeak 1995
- Tesapeak 1992
- Bethaniepeak 1991
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.