Girl name#612 of girl names
Clarissa
Pronounced K L ER0 IH1 S AH0 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1995
- 145 years in use
How popular is Clarissa?
Clarissa is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 40,289 children — the 612th most common girls' name on record.
It has been slipping, down 39% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1995, when 1,201 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- K L ER0 IH1 S AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 010
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Clarissa
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Clarissa
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Clarissa?
- Clarissa ranks 612th among girls' names in US records, with 40,289 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 3,268.
- Is Clarissa a unisex name?
- No. Clarissa is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Clarissa most popular?
- 1995, when 1,201 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.