Clarisa
Recorded 1911–2025 · United States
Clarisa was most popular in 1994, when 323 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,223 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,947, with 21 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,193 people named Clarisa.
Clarisa over time
How old is the name Clarisa?
Clarisa first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1911, which makes it about 114 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 85 of the 115 years since.
How many people are named Clarisa?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,193 American births named Clarisa between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 3,057 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Clarisa in 2025?
21 American babies were named Clarisa in 2025, ranking #9,947 that year.
Is Clarisa getting more or less popular?
Clarisa is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 14 births a year, against 28 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -49% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Clarisa a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Clarisa is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,193 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Clarisa?
Roughly 3,057 Americans named Clarisa are alive today — 96% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 31 years old, and half are between 22 and 40.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Clarisa is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org