Claressa is a rare variant of Clarissa that was most common in the 1980s and has all but disappeared.
Claressa is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2005. Claressa was first reported in SSA data in 1928 and peaked in 1983 (18 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 9 | 9 | #11,117 |
| 1995 | 10 | — | #8,217 |
| 1994 | 15 | — | #6,044 |
| 1993 | 12 | — | #7,115 |
| 1992 | 10 | — | #8,209 |
| 1991 | 9 | — | #8,737 |
| 1990 | 9 | — | #8,627 |
| 1989 | 11 | — | #7,065 |
| 1988 | 17 | — | #4,884 |
| 1987 | 8 | — | #8,147 |
| 1986 | 11 | — | #6,244 |
| 1985 | 15 | — | #4,898 |
| 1984 | 14 | — | #5,000 |
| 1983 | 18 | — | #4,145 |
| 1982 | 16 | — | #4,563 |
| 1981 | 11 | — | #5,954 |
| 1980 | 14 | — | #5,026 |
| 1979 | 12 | — | #5,486 |
| 1978 | 10 | — | #6,033 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | #9,902 |
| 1976 | 9 | — | #6,140 |
| 1975 | 12 | — | #4,907 |
| 1974 | 14 | — | #4,268 |
| 1973 | 9 | — | #5,659 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | #6,685 |
| 1971 | 11 | — | #4,862 |
| 1967 | 9 | — | #4,677 |
| 1966 | 7 | — | #5,357 |
| 1965 | 6 | — | #5,926 |
| 1964 | 5 | — | #6,929 |
| 1963 | 10 | — | #4,307 |
| 1962 | 7 | — | #5,386 |
| 1961 | 6 | — | #5,946 |
| 1960 | 5 | — | #6,516 |
| 1958 | 5 | — | #6,250 |
| 1956 | 6 | — | #5,398 |
| 1955 | 8 | — | #4,437 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | #5,878 |
| 1953 | 8 | — | #4,293 |
| 1952 | 6 | — | #5,012 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | #5,428 |
| 1942 | 5 | — | #4,736 |
| 1935 | 6 | — | #3,827 |
| 1931 | 6 | — | #3,942 |
| 1928 | 5 | — | #4,839 |