Charissa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-RIS-a
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Charissa is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “grace”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Charissa mean?
Greek: elaboration of Charis
“grace”
Edmund Spenser used Charissa in The Faerie Queene for the figure of Charity, sister of Fidelia and Speranza.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Charissa a girl's or a boy's name?
Charissa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Charissa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Charissa, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2008, with 6 girls.
2025 had more girls named Charissa than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Charissa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Charissa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 2 | #7,447 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
How popular is Charissa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Charissa, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1980, with 212 girls. It first appears in the records in 1949.
Half of all the girls named Charissa in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 66 girls in the US were given Charissa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,217, up from #10,913 for this spelling alone.
- Karissa 58
- Charissa 8
Charissa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,283 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,542 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 29 | #4,806 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,377 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 41 | #3,847 |
| 2006 | 42 | #3,668 |
| 2005 | 36 | #3,938 |
| 2004 | 47 | #3,220 |
| 2003 | 35 | #3,865 |
| 2002 | 41 | #3,330 |
| 2001 | 43 | #3,194 |
| 2000 | 63 | #2,422 |
| 1999 | 63 | #2,340 |
| 1998 | 61 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 69 | #2,042 |
| 1996 | 63 | #2,148 |
| 1995 | 82 | #1,757 |
| 1994 | 94 | #1,603 |
| 1993 | 119 | #1,372 |
| 1992 | 121 | #1,367 |
| 1991 | 115 | #1,391 |
| 1990 | 149 | #1,150 |
| 1989 | 155 | #1,082 |
| 1988 | 135 | #1,131 |
| 1987 | 147 | #1,050 |
| 1986 | 171 | #929 |
| 1985 | 152 | #1,002 |
| 1984 | 175 | #867 |
| 1983 | 176 | #866 |
| 1982 | 163 | #925 |
| 1981 | 167 | #895 |
| 1980 | 212 | #778 |
| 1979 | 199 | #794 |
| 1978 | 137 | #995 |
| 1977 | 134 | #1,004 |
| 1976 | 119 | #1,036 |
| 1975 | 141 | #917 |
| 1974 | 109 | #1,076 |
| 1973 | 130 | #934 |
| 1972 | 114 | #1,022 |
| 1971 | 109 | #1,098 |
| 1970 | 91 | #1,224 |
| 1969 | 59 | #1,546 |
| 1968 | 38 | #1,940 |
| 1967 | 44 | #1,732 |
| 1966 | 36 | #1,916 |
| 1965 | 41 | #1,768 |
| 1964 | 28 | #2,305 |
| 1963 | 28 | #2,251 |
| 1962 | 37 | #1,888 |
| 1961 | 24 | #2,473 |
| 1960 | 25 | #2,368 |
| 1959 | 27 | #2,190 |
| 1958 | 32 | #1,938 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,925 |
| 1956 | 20 | #2,529 |
| 1955 | 30 | #1,939 |
| 1954 | 26 | #2,075 |
| 1953 | 17 | #2,594 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,551 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,283 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,051 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
Nicknames for Charissa
Names like Charissa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lara, Jessica, Athena, Cassandra, Melissa, Fatima, Elena, Francesca, Selena, Tabitha, Sophia, Ariana
Other spellings of Charissa
Names related to Charissa
Charis, Carissa, Chrissy, Chrissie, Charisse, Chrissa, Carisa, Charish
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
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, “Charissa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/charissa, updated 20 October 2026.