Rissa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RISS-a
- Origin
- Latin
Rissa is a girls' name of Latin origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Rissa come from?
Latin: short form of Marissa or Clarissa
Is Rissa a girl's or a boy's name?
Rissa is a girls' name.
How popular is Rissa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1947.
Half of all the girls named Rissa in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rissa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
Names like Rissa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rosa Amanda Zaira Laura Summer Salma Safa Serena Rahma Ayla Julia Samira
Names related to Rissa
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian
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, “Rissa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rissa, updated 20 October 2026.