# Marissa (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marissa/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Spanish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /məˈɹɪsə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Marisa, Maryssa, Merissa |
| US babies named this | 121,112 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 270 / 120,842 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,086, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,245 | 257 |
| 2012 | 1,007 | 320 |
| 2013 | 820 | 377 |
| 2014 | 683 | 466 |
| 2015 | 583 | 536 |
| 2016 | 507 | 597 |
| 2017 | 433 | 678 |
| 2018 | 306 | 886 |
| 2019 | 307 | 877 |
| 2020 | 228 | 1,083 |
| 2021 | 190 | 1,241 |
| 2022 | 180 | 1,313 |
| 2023 | 138 | 1,547 |
| 2024 | 146 | 1,495 |
| 2025 | 123 | 1,679 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 21 | 3,022 |
| 1991 | 9 | 5,780 |
| 1992 | 7 | 7,139 |
| 1993 | 6 | 8,297 |
| 1994 | 14 | 4,446 |
| 1995 | 13 | 4,700 |
| 1996 | 7 | 7,675 |
| 1997 | 8 | 7,034 |
| 1998 | 9 | 6,642 |
| 1999 | 6 | 9,466 |
| 2000 | 8 | 7,927 |
| 2001 | 6 | 10,074 |
| 2003 | 7 | 9,276 |
| 2004 | 16 | 5,165 |
| 2008 | 6 | 12,031 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 46 | 804 |
| 2012 | 59 | 701 |
| 2013 | 27 | 1,253 |
| 2014 | 31 | 1,120 |
| 2015 | 34 | 1,033 |
| 2016 | 32 | 1,086 |
| 2017 | 27 | 1,258 |
| 2018 | 20 | 1,526 |
| 2019 | 17 | 1,703 |
| 2020 | 18 | 1,618 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,962 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,325 |
| 2023 | 18 | 1,640 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3,035 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.