Clarisa Girl
How popular is Clarisa?
#5,721 girl name in 2025
21 baby girls were named Clarisa in the US in 2025, making it the 5721st most popular girl name.
Clarisa popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #5,721 for girls (▲ 3830 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 21 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-28% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,724 in 2015, #6,625 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1994 (323 girls) |
| Highest rank | #664 in 1994 |
| First recorded | 1911 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Clarisa counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Clarissa family of names ranked #884 for girls in 2025 (#924 the year before), with 253 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Clarisa is most popular
Babies named Clarisa per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 girls)
Clarisa by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 13 | #2,463 |
| 1920s | 28 | #4,051 |
| 1930s | 12 | #3,656 |
| 1940s | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1950s | 80 | #2,971 |
| 1960s | 142 | #2,604 |
| 1970s | 333 | #1,968 |
| 1980s | 393 | #1,965 |
| 1990s | 1,091 | #664 |
| 2000s | 687 | #2,009 |
| 2010s | 320 | #3,255 |
| 2020s | 89 | #5,721 |
Girl names about as popular as Clarisa
Questions
- Is Clarisa a boy or girl name?
- Clarisa is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Clarisa were girls.
- How popular is the name Clarisa?
- 21 baby girls were named Clarisa in the US in 2025, making it the 5721st most popular girl name.
- When was Clarisa most popular?
- Clarisa peaked in 1994, when 323 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #664 in 1994.
- How many people are named Clarisa?
- 3,193 babies have been named Clarisa in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,061 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 31.
- Where is Clarisa most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Clarisa was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.