Clarissa Girl
How popular is Clarissa?
#1,113 girl name in 2025
212 baby girls were named Clarissa in the US in 2025, making it the 1113th most popular girl name.
Clarissa popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,113 for girls (▲ 47 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 212 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-48% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #697 in 2015, #911 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1995 (1,201 girls) |
| Highest rank | #237 in 1994 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Clarissa 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 Clarissa is most popular
Babies named Clarissa per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.3 per 1,000 (263 girls)
- Texas: 0.3 per 1,000 (241 girls)
- Arizona: 0.3 per 1,000 (38 girls)
- Florida: 0.2 per 1,000 (76 girls)
- Illinois: 0.2 per 1,000 (40 girls)
Clarissa by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 133 | #465 |
| 1890s | 221 | #524 |
| 1900s | 252 | #530 |
| 1910s | 596 | #709 |
| 1920s | 663 | #807 |
| 1930s | 512 | #876 |
| 1940s | 680 | #897 |
| 1950s | 1,402 | #735 |
| 1960s | 2,323 | #597 |
| 1970s | 3,473 | #478 |
| 1980s | 6,374 | #314 |
| 1990s | 10,592 | #237 |
| 2000s | 7,558 | #325 |
| 2010s | 4,266 | #550 |
| 2020s | 1,439 | #911 |
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Questions
- Is Clarissa a boy or girl name?
- Clarissa is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Clarissa were girls.
- How popular is the name Clarissa?
- 212 baby girls were named Clarissa in the US in 2025, making it the 1113th most popular girl name.
- When was Clarissa most popular?
- Clarissa peaked in 1995, when 1,201 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #237 in 1994.
- How many people are named Clarissa?
- 40,505 babies have been named Clarissa in the US since 1880. We estimate about 36,919 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 31.
- Where is Clarissa most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Clarissa was most common in California, at 0.3 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.