Marissa

Girl name

Marissa has been given to 121,112 babies in the U.S. since 1936. It peaked in 1994.

Meaning & origin /məˈɹɪsə/

Origin: Spanish

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

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Total babies

121,112

Peak year

1994 (6,260 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1936

10-year trend

▼ -79%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Marissa.

126,212 babies since 1908

115,279 babies since 1880

115,168 babies since 1881

112,426 babies since 1955

111,960 babies since 1880

132,544 babies since 1880

134,206 babies since 1970

104,778 babies since 1902

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