Karissa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-RIS-a
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,895 for girls
Karissa is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “dear, beloved”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 2,895th for girls in the US (58 babies).
What does Karissa mean?
Latin: spelling of Carissa, an elaboration of Cara
“dear, beloved”
A spelling of Carissa, built on Cara 'dear'; it is also linked to Greek charis 'grace'.
Is Karissa a girl's or a boy's name?
Karissa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 58 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Karissa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Karissa, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Karissa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Karissa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
How popular is Karissa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,895among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 58about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 58 girls in the US were named Karissa, making it the 2,895th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,818th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 901 girls. It first appears in the records in 1961.
2025 had fewer girls named Karissa than any year since 1972.
Half of all the girls named Karissa in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 66 girls in the US were given Karissa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,217, up from #2,895 for this spelling alone.
- Karissa 58
- Charissa 8
Karissa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #2,895 |
| 2024 | 67 | #2,607 |
| 2023 | 63 | #2,730 |
| 2022 | 72 | #2,490 |
| 2021 | 75 | #2,384 |
| 2020 | 108 | #1,818 |
| 2019 | 106 | #1,888 |
| 2018 | 110 | #1,840 |
| 2017 | 137 | #1,591 |
| 2016 | 167 | #1,394 |
| 2015 | 196 | #1,247 |
| 2014 | 203 | #1,198 |
| 2013 | 260 | #968 |
| 2012 | 304 | #876 |
| 2011 | 323 | #821 |
| 2010 | 378 | #736 |
| 2009 | 337 | #831 |
| 2008 | 362 | #798 |
| 2007 | 449 | #658 |
| 2006 | 471 | #616 |
| 2005 | 474 | #598 |
| 2004 | 523 | #546 |
| 2003 | 660 | #454 |
| 2002 | 621 | #459 |
| 2001 | 551 | #499 |
| 2000 | 649 | #434 |
| 1999 | 622 | #437 |
| 1998 | 619 | #428 |
| 1997 | 588 | #433 |
| 1996 | 603 | #422 |
| 1995 | 720 | #363 |
| 1994 | 770 | #345 |
| 1993 | 855 | #311 |
| 1992 | 898 | #309 |
| 1991 | 901 | #306 |
| 1990 | 870 | #313 |
| 1989 | 739 | #345 |
| 1988 | 565 | #412 |
| 1987 | 402 | #517 |
| 1986 | 399 | #518 |
| 1985 | 368 | #542 |
| 1984 | 316 | #579 |
| 1983 | 266 | #646 |
| 1982 | 264 | #672 |
| 1981 | 276 | #643 |
| 1980 | 215 | #767 |
| 1979 | 179 | #864 |
| 1978 | 171 | #858 |
| 1977 | 143 | #965 |
| 1976 | 112 | #1,086 |
| 1975 | 94 | #1,219 |
| 1974 | 77 | #1,351 |
| 1973 | 74 | #1,349 |
| 1972 | 48 | #1,786 |
| 1971 | 41 | #2,035 |
| 1970 | 48 | #1,828 |
| 1969 | 29 | #2,396 |
| 1968 | 16 | #3,314 |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,781 |
| 1966 | 19 | #2,838 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,732 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 |
Nicknames for Karissa
Names like Karissa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Karissa
Names related to Karissa
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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, “Karissa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/karissa, updated 20 October 2026.