girl's name

Marrissa

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Births on record 1,447

Marrissa is a girl's name. In 2016 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1993, when 87 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1965.

Marrissa over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2016, not a full ten years.

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'60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Marrissa by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 15
1970s 67
1980s 282
1990s 671
2000s 328
2010s (to 2016) 75

How popular is Marrissa?

In 2016, Marrissa was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Marrissa is used

Canada #2,270 6 in 1997
England & Wales #6,475 3 in 2008
United States #17,013 5 in 2016

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Marrissa

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Marrissa also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Marrissa over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Marrissa

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Marrissa — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Marrissa

How popular is the name Marrissa?

In 2016, Marrissa was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Marrissa is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Marrissa most popular?

Marrissa peaked in 1993, when 87 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.