Feminine dossier · first seen 1962

Merissa

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

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1995

Peak era

1995

Peak rank proxy

172

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Millennial

1962Peak 19952024

Peak year

1995

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

3,412

Merissa is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1995, when 172 girls were named Merissa.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 3,412 Americans have been named Merissa and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1962.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1995

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