Sharissa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- shuh-RISS-uh
- Origin
- Modern
Sharissa is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Sharissa come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps a variant of Charissa or a Sha- blend
Is Sharissa a girl's or a boy's name?
Sharissa is a girls' name.
How popular is Sharissa 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 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the girls named Sharissa in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sharissa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 33 | #3,885 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,516 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 28 | #3,767 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,644 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,375 |
| 1989 | 28 | #3,560 |
| 1988 | 25 | #3,685 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,471 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,536 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
Names like Sharissa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Samira Shayla Summer Safiya Safa Salma Amira Khadija Samara Zaira Aziza Halima
More Modern names
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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, “Sharissa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sharissa, updated 20 October 2026.