girls:
48.6k births since 1934
#588 (90th percentile)
boys:
66 births since 1975
#4520 (1st percentile)
overall:
48.7k births since 1934
#1097 (86th percentile)
The name Marisa is the #1,097 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 48,706 recorded births since 1934. This represents the 85.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 85.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #588 (89.7% percentile) for all time with 48,640 births since 1934. For boys, it ranks #4,520 (1.4% percentile) for all time with 66 births since 1975.
Marisa first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1934 (1934 for girls and 1975 for boys). Birth data for Marisa is available in 83 out of the 90 years between 1934 and 2023 (83 years for girls and 9 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Marisa has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Marisa reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 83.1% percentile (ranked #144) with 1,144 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 1,144 births per million (ranked 83.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1997, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Marisa ranks #907 for girls (4.2% percentile) with 26 births per million, which is 2.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Marisa reached its peak popularity in 1977, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #666) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1977, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1993.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Marisa".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Marisa", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 20 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Marissa" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Marissa..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Marisa. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 53.5% confident that Marisa is pronounced as muh-REE-suh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is muh-RIH-suh, at 30.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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