Clarisa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kla-RIS-a
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Clarisa is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “bright, clear”. In 2025 it ranked 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Clarisa mean?
Latin: spelling of Clarissa; Latinate elaboration of Clara
“bright, clear”
Samuel Richardson's novel Clarissa (1748), one of the longest in English, made the name famous.
Meaning borrowed from Clarissa. More on Wiktionary.
Is Clarisa a girl's or a boy's name?
Clarisa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Clarisa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,721st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Clarisa, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 323 girls. It first appears in the records in 1911.
2025 had more girls named Clarisa than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Clarisa in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 253 girls in the US were given Clarisa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #930, up from #5,721 for this spelling alone.
Clarisa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,693 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,996 |
| 2015 | 29 | #4,724 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 39 | #3,914 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 50 | #3,255 |
| 2009 | 43 | #3,676 |
| 2008 | 59 | #2,956 |
| 2007 | 43 | #3,720 |
| 2006 | 63 | #2,778 |
| 2005 | 80 | #2,253 |
| 2004 | 84 | #2,133 |
| 2003 | 76 | #2,240 |
| 2002 | 78 | #2,139 |
| 2001 | 84 | #2,009 |
| 2000 | 77 | #2,099 |
| 1999 | 83 | #1,890 |
| 1998 | 98 | #1,644 |
| 1997 | 90 | #1,716 |
| 1996 | 102 | #1,549 |
| 1995 | 132 | #1,270 |
| 1994 | 323 | #664 |
| 1993 | 96 | #1,588 |
| 1992 | 67 | #2,028 |
| 1991 | 51 | #2,443 |
| 1990 | 49 | #2,459 |
| 1989 | 43 | #2,613 |
| 1988 | 39 | #2,695 |
| 1987 | 39 | #2,570 |
| 1986 | 32 | #2,902 |
| 1985 | 39 | #2,483 |
| 1984 | 33 | #2,729 |
| 1983 | 38 | #2,432 |
| 1982 | 53 | #1,965 |
| 1981 | 32 | #2,774 |
| 1980 | 45 | #2,218 |
| 1979 | 31 | #2,795 |
| 1978 | 35 | #2,474 |
| 1977 | 40 | #2,257 |
| 1976 | 45 | #1,968 |
| 1975 | 44 | #1,986 |
| 1974 | 38 | #2,133 |
| 1973 | 30 | #2,455 |
| 1972 | 28 | #2,523 |
| 1971 | 23 | #2,955 |
| 1970 | 19 | #3,311 |
| 1969 | 13 | #3,957 |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,455 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,655 |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,399 |
| 1965 | 22 | #2,604 |
| 1964 | 15 | #3,378 |
| 1963 | 18 | #2,959 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,238 |
| 1960 | 13 | #3,511 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,435 |
| 1958 | 16 | #2,971 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,160 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,777 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,511 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
Nicknames for Clarisa
Names like Clarisa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Serena, Mariana, Victoria, Marissa, Tiana, Amanda, Marina, Ariana, Miranda, Sierra, Francesca, Luciana
Other spellings of Clarisa
Names related to Clarisa
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from 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, “Clarisa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/clarisa, updated 20 October 2026.