Yarissa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- yah-REE-sah
- Origin
- Modern
Yarissa is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Yarissa come from?
Modern: modern coinage, in the style of Yaritza and Clarissa
Is Yarissa a girl's or a boy's name?
Yarissa is a girls' name.
How popular is Yarissa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the girls named Yarissa in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yarissa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
Names like Yarissa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaliyah Amira Samira Ximena Salma Aaliyah Zariah Zaniyah Jaliyah Zahara Zaira Jahzara
Names related to Yarissa
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Yarissa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yarissa, updated 20 October 2026.