Carissa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kuh-RIS-uh
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,341 for girls
Carissa is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “dearest, beloved”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 3,341st for girls in the US (46 babies).
What does Carissa mean?
Latin: elaboration of Cara, from Latin carus 'dear'
“dearest, beloved”
Also the name of a genus of flowering shrubs that includes the Natal plum.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Carissa a girl's or a boy's name?
Carissa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 46 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Carissa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Carissa, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 18 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Carissa than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Carissa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Carissa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,722 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,576 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,559 |
| 1996 | 18 | #1,122 |
How popular is Carissa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,341among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 46about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 46 girls in the US were named Carissa, making it the 3,341st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,050th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 1,155 girls. It first appears in the records in 1949.
Half of all the girls named Carissa in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Carissa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #3,341 |
| 2024 | 45 | #3,459 |
| 2023 | 57 | #2,936 |
| 2022 | 50 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 71 | #2,484 |
| 2020 | 90 | #2,050 |
| 2019 | 84 | #2,193 |
| 2018 | 98 | #1,997 |
| 2017 | 131 | #1,643 |
| 2016 | 128 | #1,667 |
| 2015 | 164 | #1,411 |
| 2014 | 167 | #1,382 |
| 2013 | 211 | #1,138 |
| 2012 | 265 | #958 |
| 2011 | 285 | #914 |
| 2010 | 324 | #827 |
| 2009 | 326 | #854 |
| 2008 | 408 | #730 |
| 2007 | 477 | #625 |
| 2006 | 502 | #583 |
| 2005 | 497 | #578 |
| 2004 | 625 | #471 |
| 2003 | 648 | #461 |
| 2002 | 692 | #420 |
| 2001 | 708 | #410 |
| 2000 | 685 | #413 |
| 1999 | 681 | #409 |
| 1998 | 686 | #400 |
| 1997 | 659 | #395 |
| 1996 | 724 | #373 |
| 1995 | 818 | #329 |
| 1994 | 904 | #304 |
| 1993 | 977 | #285 |
| 1992 | 1,155 | #240 |
| 1991 | 1,110 | #250 |
| 1990 | 1,106 | #257 |
| 1989 | 962 | #280 |
| 1988 | 837 | #295 |
| 1987 | 734 | #334 |
| 1986 | 766 | #311 |
| 1985 | 730 | #326 |
| 1984 | 752 | #316 |
| 1983 | 738 | #313 |
| 1982 | 713 | #336 |
| 1981 | 670 | #349 |
| 1980 | 725 | #332 |
| 1979 | 686 | #344 |
| 1978 | 553 | #381 |
| 1977 | 532 | #393 |
| 1976 | 475 | #425 |
| 1975 | 308 | #555 |
| 1974 | 270 | #584 |
| 1973 | 222 | #670 |
| 1972 | 216 | #683 |
| 1971 | 207 | #729 |
| 1970 | 166 | #827 |
| 1969 | 111 | #1,036 |
| 1968 | 74 | #1,279 |
| 1967 | 70 | #1,299 |
| 1966 | 64 | #1,368 |
| 1965 | 68 | #1,323 |
| 1964 | 36 | #1,974 |
| 1963 | 25 | #2,423 |
| 1962 | 19 | #2,813 |
| 1961 | 21 | #2,672 |
| 1960 | 17 | #2,988 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 10 | #3,929 |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,909 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 14 | #3,018 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,225 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
Nicknames for Carissa
Names like Carissa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Francesca Victoria Serena Jessica Lucia Ariana Marina Liana Maria Cassandra Alora Lara
Names related to Carissa
Charis Karissa Caris Charissa Charisse Chrissa Crissy Carisa
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Carissa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carissa, updated 20 October 2026.