Kerissa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kuh-RISS-uh
- Origin
- Modern
Kerissa is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Kerissa come from?
Modern: modern variant of Carissa
Is Kerissa a girl's or a boy's name?
Kerissa is a girls' name.
How popular is Kerissa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1994, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Kerissa in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kerissa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 26 | #4,559 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 29 | #3,699 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,842 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,835 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,742 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
Names like Kerissa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiana, Kayla, Kiara, Kianna, Brianna, Samantha, Amanda, Kendra, Alyssa, Karina, Sierra, Briana
Names related to Kerissa
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Kerissa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kerissa, updated 20 October 2026.