Clarissa

Girl name

Clarissa has been given to 40,505 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1995.

Meaning & origin /kləˈɹɪsə/

Borrowed from Italian Clarissa, from Medieval Latin Clarissa; see there for more. Popularized in English by Samuel Richardson's 1748 novel Clarissa. Doublet of Clarisse.

Origin: Latin, Italian

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025

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Total babies

40,505

Peak year

1995 (1,201 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▼ -48%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Famous people named Clarissa

Clarissa Pinkola Estés

American psychoanalyst and writer

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

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