Cherissa is a very rare variant of Charisse that was most common in the 1980s and has all but disappeared.
Cherissa is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2002. Cherissa was first reported in SSA data in 1973 and peaked in 1980 (15 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | #15,946 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | #13,851 |
| 1992 | 8 | — | #9,659 |
| 1990 | 6 | — | #11,691 |
| 1989 | 9 | — | #8,174 |
| 1988 | 10 | — | #7,222 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | #10,066 |
| 1986 | 8 | — | #7,886 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | #8,504 |
| 1984 | 8 | — | #7,511 |
| 1983 | 7 | — | #8,190 |
| 1982 | 9 | — | #6,986 |
| 1981 | 14 | — | #5,014 |
| 1980 | 15 | — | #4,766 |
| 1979 | 12 | — | #5,474 |
| 1978 | 6 | — | #8,733 |
| 1977 | 7 | — | #7,685 |
| 1974 | 10 | — | #5,413 |
| 1973 | 9 | — | #5,652 |