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Marissa

Girl's name · #1679 in the US (2025) · 90s wave

Popularity over time

Marissa's best rank, #53, came in 1994; it has stepped well back to #1679 today. Roughly 121,000 girls have been named Marissa since 1936.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 16 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,004 in Sweden (2025) · #1,666 in Austria (2025) · #2,980 in France (2025) · #3,220 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,437 in Canada (2024).

Famous Marissas

• Marissa Mayer — American business executive and engineer, former CEO of Yahoo!
• Marissa Meyer — American writer of young-adult speculative fiction
• Marissa Jaret Winokur — American actress
• Marissa Neitling — American actress
• Marissa Castelli — Figure skater

In stories & tradition

• Marissa Cooper — The O.C. (TV series)
• Marissa Faireborn — The Transformers (TV series)
• Marissa Tasker — All My Children (TV series)

What Marissas become

Among 185 notable people named Marissa:

Sports figures appear 2.03× more often than among typical names — e.g. Marissa Castelli, American figure skater (born 1990).

Similar names: Clarissa · Marina · Larissa · Courtney · Alissa · Marisol

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