NameTides

Marissa

Marissa was the #1,673 girls' name in the US in 2025 (123 babies), and #3,035 in England & Wales and #1,141 in Canada.

Marissa as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Marissa 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.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Marissa 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.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
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#1,673 (123)#3,035 (8)———#1,141 (23)
2024#1,492 (146)#3,696 (6)———#1,348 (18)
2023#1,544 (138)#1,640 (18)———#1,080 (23)
2022#1,309 (180)#2,325 (11)#760 (3)——#1,252 (19)
2021#1,236 (190)#1,962 (14)———#947 (29)
2020#1,081 (228)#1,618 (18)———#996 (26)
2019#874 (307)#1,703 (17)#765 (3)——#875 (31)
2018#883 (306)#1,526 (20)——#896 (3)#703 (41)
2017#678 (433)#1,258 (27)#570 (5)—#734 (4)#568 (55)
2016#595 (507)#1,086 (32)——#868 (3)#547 (57)
2015#534 (583)#1,033 (34)#653 (4)—#896 (3)#438 (76)
2014#466 (683)#1,120 (31)#802 (3)——#444 (74)
2013#377 (820)#1,253 (27)#387 (9)—#660 (5)#438 (73)
2012#320 (1,007)#701 (59)#467 (7)—#768 (4)#322 (100)
2011#257 (1,245)#804 (46)#334 (11)#444 (3)#798 (4)#290 (115)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1994 at #53.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1936.

How common is it?

about 1 in 13,000 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 13,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 31,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Marissa is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 14,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 13,000 to 1 in 16,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Marissa by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,240ILMichigan: #863MINew York: #2,075NYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,108PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,491CAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #983TNNorth 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: #1,190TXFlorida: #1,887FL
Marissa (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#93212

Marissa (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MarissaCanadaGirls#1,14123
MarissaEngland & WalesGirls#3,0358
MarissaIrelandGirls—too few
MarissaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MarissaScotlandGirls—too few
MarissaUSGirls#1,673123
MarissaUSBoys—too few