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.

Marissa

#328 most common girls' name of all time · #611 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1936–2025

Rank among girls
#328
Rank overall
#611 of 105,966
First appeared
1936
Years on the list
80 of 146
All-time
121,112
Since 2016
2,558
Peak year
1994 #53
Best rank
#53 1994
Girls Boys peak 6,260/yr
19401960198020002020

Marissa first appears in 1936. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 123 123 #1,676
2024 146 146 #1,495
2023 138 138 #1,545
2022 180 180 #1,316
2021 190 190 #1,238
2020 228 228 #1,081
2019 307 307 #876
2018 306 306 #884
2017 433 433 #679
2016 507 507 #596
2015 583 583 #537
2014 683 683 #466
2013 820 820 #377
2012 1,007 1,007 #320
2011 1,245 1,245 #257
2010 1,532 1,532 #202
2009 1,796 1,796 #183
2008 2,174 6 2,180 #155
2007 2,622 2,622 #132
2006 3,163 3,163 #104
2005 3,592 3,592 #91
2004 4,009 16 4,025 #78
2003 3,517 7 3,524 #95
2002 3,317 3,317 #99
2001 3,853 6 3,859 #79
2000 4,025 8 4,033 #78
1999 4,389 6 4,395 #73
1998 4,722 9 4,731 #66
1997 5,298 8 5,306 #60
1996 5,752 7 5,759 #59
1995 6,081 13 6,094 #53
1994 6,246 14 6,260 #53
1993 5,626 6 5,632 #59
1992 4,873 7 4,880 #72
1991 4,421 9 4,430 #81
1990 3,806 21 3,827 #87
1989 3,794 21 3,815 #81
1988 2,810 11 2,821 #101
1987 2,543 7 2,550 #110
1986 2,443 14 2,457 #115
1985 1,890 19 1,909 #152
1984 1,627 1,627 #170
1983 1,620 11 1,631 #170
1982 1,518 7 1,525 #181
1981 1,453 8 1,461 #187
1980 1,403 1,403 #193
1979 1,386 9 1,395 #194
1978 1,147 9 1,156 #218
1977 1,069 5 1,074 #233
1976 614 614 #350
1975 381 6 387 #484
1974 365 365 #485
1973 350 350 #499
1972 273 273 #586
1971 274 274 #619
1970 263 263 #631
1969 256 256 #622
1968 238 238 #623
1967 210 210 #666
1966 140 140 #846
1965 114 114 #963
1964 99 99 #1,102
1963 117 117 #988
1962 105 105 #1,056
1961 104 104 #1,077
1960 92 92 #1,135
1959 65 65 #1,331
1958 91 91 #1,110
1957 76 76 #1,218
1956 69 69 #1,259
1955 39 39 #1,658
1954 20 20 #2,504
1953 19 19 #2,493
1952 15 15 #2,885
1951 7 7 #4,671
1950 7 7 #4,612
1949 7 7 #4,551
1947 7 7 #4,647
1946 7 7 #4,302
1936 5 5 #4,822