Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Clarissa

#685 most common girls' name of all time · #1,255 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#685
Rank overall
#1,255 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
40,505
Since 2016
3,075
Peak year
1995 #239
Best rank
#237 1994
Girls Boys peak 1,201/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Clarissa is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 212 — 212 #1,115
2024 207 — 207 #1,161
2023 209 — 209 #1,158
2022 246 — 246 #1,039
2021 278 — 278 #948
2020 287 — 287 #911
2019 378 — 378 #747
2018 372 — 372 #745
2017 431 — 431 #680
2016 455 — 455 #645
2015 408 — 408 #697
2014 364 — 364 #769
2013 396 — 396 #705
2012 453 — 453 #632
2011 479 — 479 #598
2010 530 — 530 #550
2009 499 — 499 #604
2008 546 — 546 #563
2007 644 — 644 #502
2006 675 — 675 #469
2005 737 — 737 #419
2004 852 — 852 #367
2003 808 — 808 #376
2002 870 — 870 #343
2001 952 — 952 #325
2000 975 — 975 #326
1999 975 — 975 #319
1998 1,005 — 1,005 #301
1997 1,093 — 1,093 #266
1996 1,157 — 1,157 #242
1995 1,201 — 1,201 #239
1994 1,185 5 1,190 #237
1993 1,074 — 1,074 #258
1992 1,140 — 1,140 #245
1991 909 — 909 #305
1990 853 5 858 #322
1989 759 5 764 #334
1988 777 — 777 #320
1987 697 — 697 #345
1986 764 — 764 #314
1985 633 6 639 #367
1984 635 — 635 #363
1983 622 — 622 #364
1982 540 — 540 #416
1981 524 — 524 #418
1980 423 — 423 #489
1979 422 — 422 #484
1978 364 — 364 #514
1977 350 — 350 #525
1976 384 — 384 #478
1975 378 — 378 #489
1974 318 — 318 #525
1973 304 — 304 #549
1972 305 — 305 #548
1971 327 — 327 #550
1970 321 — 321 #566
1969 276 — 276 #598
1968 260 — 260 #597
1967 217 — 217 #650
1966 222 — 222 #644
1965 200 — 200 #696
1964 262 — 262 #625
1963 212 — 212 #698
1962 233 — 233 #667
1961 237 — 237 #670
1960 204 — 204 #713
1959 180 — 180 #757
1958 159 — 159 #796
1957 182 — 182 #739
1956 172 — 172 #737
1955 158 — 158 #755
1954 127 — 127 #835
1953 134 — 134 #795
1952 99 — 99 #932
1951 100 — 100 #914
1950 91 — 91 #938
1949 88 — 88 #950
1948 86 — 86 #937
1947 97 — 97 #898
1946 62 — 62 #1,078
1945 54 — 54 #1,061
1944 57 — 57 #1,042
1943 62 — 62 #1,010
1942 54 — 54 #1,067
1941 61 — 61 #942
1940 59 — 59 #936
1939 60 — 60 #905
1938 46 — 46 #1,057
1937 41 — 41 #1,117
1936 60 — 60 #877
1935 46 — 46 #1,019
1934 54 — 54 #940
1933 49 — 49 #988
1932 51 — 51 #989
1931 54 — 54 #943
1930 51 — 51 #1,032
1929 56 — 56 #959
1928 57 — 57 #987
1927 62 — 62 #964
1926 59 — 59 #972
1925 68 — 68 #897
1924 67 — 67 #931
1923 67 — 67 #896
1922 68 — 68 #889
1921 78 — 78 #838
1920 81 — 81 #811
1919 79 — 79 #793
1918 83 — 83 #786
1917 86 — 86 #752
1916 79 — 79 #771
1915 68 — 68 #798
1914 50 — 50 #828
1913 38 — 38 #855
1912 50 — 50 #710
1911 36 — 36 #725
1910 27 — 27 #832
1909 32 — 32 #712
1908 25 — 25 #774
1907 28 — 28 #715
1906 21 — 21 #798
1905 15 — 15 #971
1904 32 — 32 #600
1903 21 — 21 #739
1902 25 — 25 #675
1901 33 — 33 #533
1900 20 — 20 #837
1899 23 — 23 #650
1898 26 — 26 #636
1897 22 — 22 #666
1896 23 — 23 #659
1895 22 — 22 #666
1894 26 — 26 #575
1893 18 — 18 #691
1892 18 — 18 #687
1891 18 — 18 #630
1890 25 — 25 #530
1889 20 — 20 #575
1888 12 — 12 #756
1887 17 — 17 #548
1886 15 — 15 #585
1885 11 — 11 #665
1884 18 — 18 #490
1883 17 — 17 #477
1882 13 — 13 #518
1880 10 — 10 #552