Marissa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-RIS-a
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,673 for girls
Marissa is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 1,673rd for girls in the US (123 babies).
What does Marissa mean?
Latin: modern elaboration of Maria or Maris
A 20th-century elaboration of Maria or Maris, sometimes linked to Latin maris, of the sea.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Marissa a girl's or a boy's name?
Marissa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 123 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marissa 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 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Marissa, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,587th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 96 girls.
Half of all the girls named Marissa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 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 Marissa 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.
Marissa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,728 |
| 2022 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 20 | #1,587 |
| 2019 | 20 | #1,599 |
| 2018 | 20 | #1,628 |
| 2017 | 32 | #1,150 |
| 2016 | 33 | #1,133 |
| 2015 | 38 | #1,014 |
| 2014 | 34 | #1,100 |
| 2013 | 36 | #1,065 |
| 2012 | 66 | #683 |
| 2011 | 60 | #714 |
| 2010 | 67 | #640 |
| 2009 | 68 | #610 |
| 2008 | 96 | #474 |
| 2007 | 92 | #474 |
| 2006 | 80 | #515 |
| 2005 | 84 | #477 |
| 2004 | 51 | #639 |
| 2003 | 32 | #877 |
| 2002 | 34 | #803 |
| 2001 | 30 | #857 |
| 2000 | 34 | #755 |
| 1999 | 38 | #693 |
| 1998 | 35 | #746 |
| 1997 | 48 | #606 |
| 1996 | 59 | #507 |
How popular is Marissa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,673rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 123 about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 123 girls in the US were named Marissa, making it the 1,673rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,081st. Its busiest year was 1994, with 6,246 girls. It first appears in the records in 1936.
2025 had fewer girls named Marissa than any year since 1965.
Half of all the girls named Marissa in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 148 girls in the US were given Marissa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,285, up from #1,673 for this spelling alone.
- Marissa 123
- Marisa 25
Marissa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 123 | #1,673 |
| 2024 | 146 | #1,492 |
| 2023 | 138 | #1,544 |
| 2022 | 180 | #1,309 |
| 2021 | 190 | #1,236 |
| 2020 | 228 | #1,081 |
| 2019 | 307 | #874 |
| 2018 | 306 | #883 |
| 2017 | 433 | #678 |
| 2016 | 507 | #595 |
| 2015 | 583 | #534 |
| 2014 | 683 | #466 |
| 2013 | 820 | #377 |
| 2012 | 1,007 | #320 |
| 2011 | 1,245 | #257 |
| 2010 | 1,532 | #202 |
| 2009 | 1,796 | #183 |
| 2008 | 2,174 | #155 |
| 2007 | 2,622 | #132 |
| 2006 | 3,163 | #104 |
| 2005 | 3,592 | #91 |
| 2004 | 4,009 | #78 |
| 2003 | 3,517 | #95 |
| 2002 | 3,317 | #99 |
| 2001 | 3,853 | #79 |
| 2000 | 4,025 | #78 |
| 1999 | 4,389 | #73 |
| 1998 | 4,722 | #66 |
| 1997 | 5,298 | #60 |
| 1996 | 5,752 | #59 |
| 1995 | 6,081 | #53 |
| 1994 | 6,246 | #53 |
| 1993 | 5,626 | #59 |
| 1992 | 4,873 | #72 |
| 1991 | 4,421 | #81 |
| 1990 | 3,806 | #87 |
| 1989 | 3,794 | #81 |
| 1988 | 2,810 | #101 |
| 1987 | 2,543 | #109 |
| 1986 | 2,443 | #115 |
| 1985 | 1,890 | #152 |
| 1984 | 1,627 | #170 |
| 1983 | 1,620 | #170 |
| 1982 | 1,518 | #181 |
| 1981 | 1,453 | #187 |
| 1980 | 1,403 | #193 |
| 1979 | 1,386 | #194 |
| 1978 | 1,147 | #218 |
| 1977 | 1,069 | #232 |
| 1976 | 614 | #349 |
| 1975 | 381 | #482 |
| 1974 | 365 | #484 |
| 1973 | 350 | #498 |
| 1972 | 273 | #586 |
| 1971 | 274 | #618 |
| 1970 | 263 | #631 |
| 1969 | 256 | #622 |
| 1968 | 238 | #623 |
| 1967 | 210 | #661 |
| 1966 | 140 | #843 |
| 1965 | 114 | #957 |
| 1964 | 99 | #1,097 |
| 1963 | 117 | #983 |
| 1962 | 105 | #1,054 |
| 1961 | 104 | #1,070 |
| 1960 | 92 | #1,130 |
| 1959 | 65 | #1,325 |
| 1958 | 91 | #1,103 |
| 1957 | 76 | #1,210 |
| 1956 | 69 | #1,248 |
| 1955 | 39 | #1,640 |
| 1954 | 20 | #2,449 |
| 1953 | 19 | #2,430 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,805 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,234 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,993 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
Names like Marissa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Francesca, Victoria, Jessica, Lucia, Serena, Ariana, Mia, Melissa, Alana, Olivia, Maya, Syeda
Other spellings of Marissa
Names related to Marissa
Maris, Marzia, Marsha, Merissa, Marisha, Marsai, Maryssa, Mariza
More Latin names
Oliver, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara
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, “Marissa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marissa, updated 20 October 2026.