Nerissa
Girl · Greek
Nerissa is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “sea-nymph”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Nerissa mean?
Greek
“sea-nymph”
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Nerissa a girl's or a boy's name?
Nerissa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nerissa in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nerissa in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Nerissa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 2 | #7,531 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 17 | #1,179 |
How popular is Nerissa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Nerissa, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1979, with 73 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Nerissa than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Nerissa in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nerissa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 29 | #4,942 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,168 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,414 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 31 | #4,021 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 29 | #3,966 |
| 1998 | 27 | #4,139 |
| 1997 | 31 | #3,623 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 35 | #3,215 |
| 1994 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 1993 | 30 | #3,580 |
| 1992 | 26 | #3,962 |
| 1991 | 33 | #3,295 |
| 1990 | 41 | #2,794 |
| 1989 | 48 | #2,403 |
| 1988 | 34 | #2,982 |
| 1987 | 43 | #2,396 |
| 1986 | 28 | #3,201 |
| 1985 | 39 | #2,483 |
| 1984 | 55 | #1,905 |
| 1983 | 51 | #1,992 |
| 1982 | 64 | #1,735 |
| 1981 | 72 | #1,615 |
| 1980 | 54 | #1,964 |
| 1979 | 73 | #1,569 |
| 1978 | 63 | #1,669 |
| 1977 | 38 | #2,341 |
| 1976 | 38 | #2,210 |
| 1975 | 51 | #1,807 |
| 1974 | 42 | #1,999 |
| 1973 | 33 | #2,309 |
| 1972 | 45 | #1,856 |
| 1971 | 44 | #1,937 |
| 1970 | 27 | #2,647 |
| 1969 | 38 | #2,023 |
| 1968 | 31 | #2,164 |
| 1967 | 26 | #2,376 |
| 1966 | 19 | #2,838 |
| 1965 | 26 | #2,344 |
| 1964 | 25 | #2,474 |
| 1963 | 18 | #2,959 |
| 1962 | 21 | #2,667 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 |
| 1960 | 11 | #3,919 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 14 | #3,231 |
| 1957 | 12 | #3,488 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,160 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 14 | #3,018 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
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