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Clarissa

Clarissa was the #1,113 girls' name in the US in 2025 (212 babies), and #1,362 in England & Wales and #3,044 in Canada.

Clarissa as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Clarissa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Clarissa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,113 (212)#1,362 (23)———#3,044 (6)
2024#1,160 (207)#1,603 (19)———#1,949 (11)
2023#1,158 (209)#2,689 (9)———#1,678 (13)
2022#1,039 (246)#1,685 (17)———#1,727 (12)
2021#948 (278)#1,785 (16)———#1,381 (17)
2020#911 (287)#1,687 (17)———#1,557 (14)
2019#746 (378)#1,349 (23)———#1,408 (17)
2018#745 (372)#1,526 (20)———#1,259 (19)
2017#680 (431)#1,457 (22)———#1,023 (25)
2016#645 (455)#1,172 (29)———#1,785 (12)
2015#697 (408)#1,168 (29)#806 (3)——#888 (30)
2014#768 (364)#1,702 (17)———#1,279 (19)
2013#705 (396)#1,098 (32)———#918 (29)
2012#632 (453)#1,297 (25)———#1,142 (22)
2011#598 (479)#1,489 (20)——#937 (3)#730 (38)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1995 at #239.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,600 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 7,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Clarissa is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 7,500 to 1 in 9,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Clarissa by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #797ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,526NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,035OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #565CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #676AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #742TXFlorida: #864FL
Clarissa (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ClarissaCanadaGirls#3,0446
ClarissaEngland & WalesGirls#1,36223
ClarissaIrelandGirls—too few
ClarissaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ClarissaScotlandGirls—too few
ClarissaUSGirls#1,113212
ClarissaUSBoys—too few