The first name Marisa

In 2025, 8 girls were named Marisa, making it the 3,035th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 1998, with 40 births (#628).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Marisa with other names.

In 2025, 25 girls born in the United States were named Marisa, the 5,178th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1995, when 2,198 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Marisa Tomei
  American actress (born 1964)
• Marisa Miller
  American model, born 1978
• Marisa Berenson
  American actress and model (b. 1947)
• Marisa Mell
  Austrian actress (1939–1992)
• Marisa Monte
  Brazilian singer, born 1967
• Marisa Abela
  English actress, born 1996
• Marisa Solinas
  Actress (1941–2019)
• Marisa Ramirez
  American actress, born 1977
• Marisa Coughlan
  American actress, born 1974
• Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva
  35th First Lady of Brazil (1950–2017)
• Marisa Davila
  American actress (born 1997)
• Marisa Petroro
  American model and actress, born 1972

• Lola
• Mila
• Amaya
• Alba
• Antonia
• Ximena
• Anita
• Catalina
• Magdalena
• Esmeralda
• Mercedes
• Alejandra
• Marissa
• Isabela
• Ramona
• Dolores

All 85 names of Spanish origin

What is the origin of the name Marisa?

Marisa comes from Spanish.

How popular is the name Marisa?

In 2025, 8 girls born in England and Wales were named Marisa, ranking 3,035th. Its peak was 1998, with 40 births.

Is Marisa a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 48,773 US babies named Marisa since 1880 were girls.

When was Marisa most popular?

1995 in the United States, when 2,198 babies were named Marisa, its highest rank at 147th.

What name is Marisa a form of?

Marisa is a form of Marissa.