How popular is the name Carissa?

Carissa ranks 520th among girls' names in US records, with 53,569 births since 1949. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,174.

Is Carissa a unisex name?

No. Carissa is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1992, when 2,175 children were given the name. It has been in use for 76 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#520 of girl names

Pronounced K AA0 R IY1 S AH0 (ARPABET)

Carissa is a girls' name, and first appears in 1949. It has been given to 53,569 children — the 520th most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 70% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1992, when 2,175 children were given it.

1992Girls: 2,175Boys: 0

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Carissa?: Carissa ranks 520th among girls' names in US records, with 53,569 births since 1949. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,174.
Is Carissa a unisex name?: No. Carissa is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Carissa most popular?: 1992, when 2,175 children were given the name. It has been in use for 76 years and is still recorded as of 2024.