Caressa is a rare variant of Carissa that was most common in the 1980s and has all but disappeared.
Caressa is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2014. Caressa was first reported in SSA data in 1956 and peaked in 1987 (69 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 11 | 11 | #9,673 |
| 2010 | 10 | 10 | #10,575 |
| 2009 | 6 | 6 | #15,612 |
| 2008 | 5 | 5 | #18,054 |
| 2007 | 16 | 16 | #7,804 |
| 2006 | 15 | 15 | #7,945 |
| 2005 | 17 | 17 | #6,885 |
| 2004 | 16 | 16 | #7,143 |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 | #14,180 |
| 2002 | 9 | 9 | #10,391 |
| 2001 | 14 | 14 | #7,387 |
| 2000 | 16 | 16 | #6,537 |
| 1999 | 22 | 22 | #4,897 |
| 1998 | 20 | 20 | #5,170 |
| 1997 | 21 | — | #4,858 |
| 1996 | 23 | — | #4,473 |
| 1995 | 26 | — | #3,994 |
| 1994 | 38 | — | #3,043 |
| 1993 | 45 | — | #2,683 |
| 1992 | 45 | — | #2,690 |
| 1991 | 63 | — | #2,115 |
| 1990 | 59 | — | #2,178 |
| 1989 | 60 | — | #2,077 |
| 1988 | 63 | — | #1,938 |
| 1987 | 69 | — | #1,736 |
| 1986 | 63 | — | #1,804 |
| 1985 | 31 | — | #2,950 |
| 1984 | 39 | — | #2,432 |
| 1983 | 30 | — | #2,862 |
| 1982 | 43 | — | #2,293 |
| 1981 | 39 | — | #2,452 |
| 1980 | 28 | — | #3,077 |
| 1979 | 23 | — | #3,453 |
| 1978 | 21 | — | #3,522 |
| 1977 | 33 | — | #2,562 |
| 1976 | 23 | — | #3,105 |
| 1975 | 25 | — | #2,888 |
| 1974 | 22 | — | #3,122 |
| 1973 | 16 | — | #3,797 |
| 1972 | 8 | — | #6,019 |
| 1971 | 6 | — | #7,486 |
| 1970 | 11 | — | #4,788 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | #7,606 |
| 1968 | 6 | — | #6,335 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | #6,681 |
| 1965 | 8 | — | #4,878 |
| 1964 | 8 | — | #5,051 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | #4,579 |
| 1961 | 7 | — | #5,358 |
| 1960 | 8 | — | #4,811 |
| 1956 | 6 | — | #5,376 |