Risa
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #5,553 for girls
Risa is a girls' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).
What does Risa mean?
Japanese
A female given name from Japanese.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Risa a girl's or a boy's name?
Risa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Risa 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 4 girls.
Risa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Risa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,553among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 73,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Risa, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 1962, with 131 girls. It first appears in the records in 1942.
2025 had more girls named Risa than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Risa in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
Risa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,553 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,515 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,283 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 27 | #5,023 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,385 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,760 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,168 |
| 2003 | 46 | #3,183 |
| 2002 | 49 | #2,972 |
| 2001 | 32 | #3,936 |
| 2000 | 43 | #3,165 |
| 1999 | 36 | #3,440 |
| 1998 | 54 | #2,527 |
| 1997 | 39 | #3,033 |
| 1996 | 31 | #3,564 |
| 1995 | 54 | #2,389 |
| 1994 | 48 | #2,580 |
| 1993 | 37 | #3,103 |
| 1992 | 55 | #2,346 |
| 1991 | 49 | #2,513 |
| 1990 | 71 | #1,934 |
| 1989 | 45 | #2,522 |
| 1988 | 65 | #1,887 |
| 1987 | 44 | #2,358 |
| 1986 | 42 | #2,383 |
| 1985 | 50 | #2,099 |
| 1984 | 62 | #1,751 |
| 1983 | 62 | #1,733 |
| 1982 | 52 | #1,991 |
| 1981 | 65 | #1,734 |
| 1980 | 49 | #2,096 |
| 1979 | 62 | #1,753 |
| 1978 | 46 | #2,050 |
| 1977 | 48 | #2,002 |
| 1976 | 49 | #1,865 |
| 1975 | 59 | #1,640 |
| 1974 | 59 | #1,598 |
| 1973 | 51 | #1,732 |
| 1972 | 56 | #1,607 |
| 1971 | 76 | #1,389 |
| 1970 | 55 | #1,681 |
| 1969 | 75 | #1,303 |
| 1968 | 83 | #1,190 |
| 1967 | 76 | #1,219 |
| 1966 | 124 | #905 |
| 1965 | 119 | #933 |
| 1964 | 108 | #1,042 |
| 1963 | 119 | #973 |
| 1962 | 131 | #925 |
| 1961 | 113 | #1,023 |
| 1960 | 125 | #953 |
| 1959 | 105 | #1,035 |
| 1958 | 90 | #1,111 |
| 1957 | 74 | #1,225 |
| 1956 | 94 | #1,055 |
| 1955 | 93 | #1,042 |
| 1954 | 64 | #1,240 |
| 1953 | 46 | #1,438 |
| 1952 | 41 | #1,504 |
| 1951 | 39 | #1,504 |
| 1950 | 46 | #1,351 |
| 1949 | 48 | #1,322 |
| 1948 | 28 | #1,777 |
| 1947 | 33 | #1,660 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,596 |
| 1945 | 29 | #1,513 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,624 |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,665 |
Names like Risa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jessica Lara Robyn Francesca Mia Lana Melissa Holly Maria Mara Cara Tara
Names related to Risa
More Japanese names
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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, “Risa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/risa, updated 20 October 2026.