Nerissa
#4,506 most common girls' name of all time · #7,664 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1915–2025
Rank among girls
#4,506
Rank overall
#7,664 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
77 of 146
All-time
1,977
Since 2016
83
Peak year
1979 #1,577
Best rank
#1,577 1979
Girls
Boys
peak 73/yr
Nerissa first appears in 1915. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,189 |
| 2024 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,615 |
| 2023 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,388 |
| 2021 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,253 |
| 2020 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,187 |
| 2019 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,550 |
| 2018 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,510 |
| 2017 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,488 |
| 2016 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,646 |
| 2015 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,615 |
| 2014 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,102 |
| 2013 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,060 |
| 2012 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,769 |
| 2011 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2010 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,255 |
| 2009 | 21 | — | 21 | #6,346 |
| 2008 | 18 | — | 18 | #7,120 |
| 2007 | 29 | — | 29 | #4,962 |
| 2006 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,387 |
| 2005 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,625 |
| 2004 | 33 | — | 33 | #4,189 |
| 2003 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,438 |
| 2002 | 26 | — | 26 | #4,646 |
| 2001 | 31 | — | 31 | #4,041 |
| 2000 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,007 |
| 1999 | 29 | — | 29 | #3,987 |
| 1998 | 27 | — | 27 | #4,161 |
| 1997 | 31 | — | 31 | #3,646 |
| 1996 | 28 | — | 28 | #3,853 |
| 1995 | 35 | — | 35 | #3,233 |
| 1994 | 35 | — | 35 | #3,246 |
| 1993 | 30 | — | 30 | #3,602 |
| 1992 | 26 | — | 26 | #3,990 |
| 1991 | 33 | — | 33 | #3,317 |
| 1990 | 41 | — | 41 | #2,811 |
| 1989 | 48 | — | 48 | #2,413 |
| 1988 | 34 | — | 34 | #2,998 |
| 1987 | 43 | — | 43 | #2,406 |
| 1986 | 28 | — | 28 | #3,221 |
| 1985 | 39 | — | 39 | #2,504 |
| 1984 | 55 | — | 55 | #1,909 |
| 1983 | 51 | — | 51 | #2,001 |
| 1982 | 64 | — | 64 | #1,742 |
| 1981 | 72 | — | 72 | #1,620 |
| 1980 | 54 | — | 54 | #1,968 |
| 1979 | 73 | — | 73 | #1,577 |
| 1978 | 63 | — | 63 | #1,676 |
| 1977 | 38 | — | 38 | #2,352 |
| 1976 | 38 | — | 38 | #2,225 |
| 1975 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,815 |
| 1974 | 42 | — | 42 | #2,009 |
| 1973 | 33 | — | 33 | #2,324 |
| 1972 | 45 | — | 45 | #1,865 |
| 1971 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,945 |
| 1970 | 27 | — | 27 | #2,662 |
| 1969 | 38 | — | 38 | #2,035 |
| 1968 | 31 | — | 31 | #2,183 |
| 1967 | 26 | — | 26 | #2,394 |
| 1966 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,879 |
| 1965 | 26 | — | 26 | #2,373 |
| 1964 | 25 | — | 25 | #2,497 |
| 1963 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,999 |
| 1962 | 21 | — | 21 | #2,699 |
| 1961 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,015 |
| 1960 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,016 |
| 1959 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,700 |
| 1958 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,301 |
| 1957 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,589 |
| 1956 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,279 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,427 |
| 1954 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,088 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,248 |
| 1952 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,660 |
| 1950 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,498 |
| 1948 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,521 |
| 1918 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,186 |
| 1915 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,228 |