Marisa
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Spanish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,098 for girls
Marisa is a girls' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
What does Marisa mean?
Spanish
A female given name from Spanish, variant of Marissa.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Marisa a girl's or a boy's name?
Marisa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marisa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Marisa, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 46 girls.
Half of all the girls named Marisa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were given Marisa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,607, up from #3,101 for this spelling alone.
- Marisa 8
- Marissa 8
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Marisa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 13 | #2,202 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 14 | #2,085 |
| 2014 | 19 | #1,656 |
| 2013 | 26 | #1,365 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,828 |
| 2011 | 26 | #1,303 |
| 2010 | 27 | #1,262 |
| 2009 | 30 | #1,127 |
| 2008 | 35 | #978 |
| 2007 | 26 | #1,170 |
| 2006 | 30 | #1,019 |
| 2005 | 21 | #1,250 |
| 2004 | 33 | #882 |
| 2003 | 38 | #766 |
| 2002 | 20 | #1,147 |
| 2001 | 28 | #891 |
| 2000 | 31 | #811 |
| 1999 | 43 | #650 |
| 1998 | 46 | #616 |
| 1997 | 42 | #670 |
| 1996 | 32 | #778 |
How popular is Marisa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,098th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25 about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Marisa, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,523rd. Its busiest year was 1995, with 2,198 girls. It first appears in the records in 1934.
2025 had fewer girls named Marisa than any year since 1951.
Half of all the girls named Marisa in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 148 girls in the US were given Marisa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,285, up from #5,098 for this spelling alone.
- Marissa 123
- Marisa 25
Marisa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,892 |
| 2023 | 45 | #3,475 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,961 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,734 |
| 2020 | 68 | #2,523 |
| 2019 | 62 | #2,729 |
| 2018 | 54 | #3,003 |
| 2017 | 88 | #2,160 |
| 2016 | 98 | #2,017 |
| 2015 | 108 | #1,883 |
| 2014 | 175 | #1,341 |
| 2013 | 172 | #1,351 |
| 2012 | 258 | #977 |
| 2011 | 308 | #857 |
| 2010 | 330 | #816 |
| 2009 | 411 | #705 |
| 2008 | 479 | #643 |
| 2007 | 612 | #516 |
| 2006 | 611 | #498 |
| 2005 | 800 | #391 |
| 2004 | 953 | #335 |
| 2003 | 945 | #333 |
| 2002 | 933 | #327 |
| 2001 | 982 | #318 |
| 2000 | 1,052 | #302 |
| 1999 | 1,110 | #283 |
| 1998 | 1,433 | #213 |
| 1997 | 1,478 | #200 |
| 1996 | 1,858 | #169 |
| 1995 | 2,198 | #147 |
| 1994 | 2,186 | #147 |
| 1993 | 1,724 | #172 |
| 1992 | 1,286 | #220 |
| 1991 | 1,153 | #239 |
| 1990 | 1,111 | #255 |
| 1989 | 1,036 | #259 |
| 1988 | 1,061 | #248 |
| 1987 | 989 | #256 |
| 1986 | 1,054 | #247 |
| 1985 | 972 | #258 |
| 1984 | 901 | #269 |
| 1983 | 995 | #241 |
| 1982 | 1,096 | #232 |
| 1981 | 1,168 | #224 |
| 1980 | 1,086 | #235 |
| 1979 | 1,293 | #205 |
| 1978 | 1,257 | #206 |
| 1977 | 1,608 | #167 |
| 1976 | 1,092 | #222 |
| 1975 | 560 | #370 |
| 1974 | 589 | #365 |
| 1973 | 578 | #368 |
| 1972 | 485 | #406 |
| 1971 | 458 | #450 |
| 1970 | 401 | #496 |
| 1969 | 350 | #523 |
| 1968 | 409 | #474 |
| 1967 | 404 | #472 |
| 1966 | 412 | #466 |
| 1965 | 303 | #544 |
| 1964 | 329 | #545 |
| 1963 | 309 | #553 |
| 1962 | 279 | #596 |
| 1961 | 299 | #581 |
| 1960 | 338 | #528 |
| 1959 | 241 | #641 |
| 1958 | 278 | #595 |
| 1957 | 254 | #617 |
| 1956 | 307 | #530 |
| 1955 | 88 | #1,073 |
| 1954 | 59 | #1,284 |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,782 |
| 1952 | 27 | #1,933 |
| 1951 | 23 | #2,063 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,175 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,591 |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,284 |
Names like Marisa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Victoria, Jessica, Francesca, Melissa, Montana, Mercedes, Solana, Ariana, Sabrina, Serena, Sierra, Alana
Other spellings of Marisa
Names related to Marisa
Maris, Marzia, Marsha, Merissa, Marisha, Mars, Marsai, Maryssa
More Spanish names
Santiago, Lola, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar
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, “Marisa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marisa, updated 20 October 2026.