Feminine dossier · first seen 1961

Karissa

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Karissa
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 92.8% from peak

Peak era

1991

Peak rank proxy

901

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1961Peak 19912024

Peak year

1991

Decline from peak

92.8%

2024

All-time

20,026

Karissa once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1991, when 901 girls were named Karissa.

In 2024, only 65 girls were given the name.

Down 92.8% from its peak.

All told, about 20,026 Americans have been named Karissa and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1961.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 92.8% from peak

1991901 girls named Karissa

202465 girls named Karissa

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