Clarissa is an established girls' name that peaked in 1995 and has since faded.
Clarissa is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,114 for girl births in the United States (and #2,130 across all names), given to 212 babies. Clarissa was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1995 (1,201 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 212 | 212 | #1,114 | — |
| 2024 | 207 | 207 | #1,161 | — |
| 2023 | 209 | 209 | #1,158 | — |
| 2022 | 246 | 246 | #1,039 | — |
| 2021 | 278 | 278 | #949 | — |
| 2020 | 287 | 287 | #911 | — |
| 2019 | 378 | 378 | #747 | — |
| 2018 | 372 | 372 | #745 | — |
| 2017 | 431 | 431 | #680 | — |
| 2016 | 455 | 455 | #646 | — |
| 2015 | 408 | 408 | #697 | — |
| 2014 | 364 | 364 | #768 | — |
| 2013 | 396 | 396 | #705 | — |
| 2012 | 453 | 453 | #632 | — |
| 2011 | 479 | 479 | #598 | — |
| 2010 | 530 | 530 | #550 | — |
| 2009 | 499 | 499 | #605 | — |
| 2008 | 546 | 546 | #563 | — |
| 2007 | 644 | 644 | #502 | — |
| 2006 | 675 | 675 | #469 | — |
| 2005 | 737 | 737 | #419 | — |
| 2004 | 852 | 852 | #367 | — |
| 2003 | 808 | 808 | #376 | — |
| 2002 | 870 | 870 | #343 | — |
| 2001 | 952 | 952 | #325 | — |
| 2000 | 975 | 975 | #326 | — |
| 1999 | 975 | 975 | #317 | — |
| 1998 | 1,005 | 1,005 | #301 | — |
| 1997 | 1,093 | — | #266 | — |
| 1996 | 1,157 | — | #242 | — |
| 1995 | 1,201 | — | #239 | — |
| 1994 | 1,190 | — | #237 | #9,037 |
| 1993 | 1,074 | — | #258 | — |
| 1992 | 1,140 | — | #244 | — |
| 1991 | 909 | — | #305 | — |
| 1990 | 858 | — | #322 | #8,336 |
| 1989 | 764 | — | #334 | #8,096 |
| 1988 | 777 | — | #320 | — |
| 1987 | 697 | — | #345 | — |
| 1986 | 764 | — | #314 | — |
| 1985 | 639 | — | #367 | #5,919 |
| 1984 | 635 | — | #363 | — |
| 1983 | 622 | — | #363 | — |
| 1982 | 540 | — | #416 | — |
| 1981 | 524 | — | #418 | — |
| 1980 | 423 | — | #489 | — |
| 1979 | 422 | — | #484 | — |
| 1978 | 364 | — | #514 | — |
| 1977 | 350 | — | #525 | — |
| 1976 | 384 | — | #478 | — |
| 1975 | 378 | — | #489 | — |
| 1974 | 318 | — | #525 | — |
| 1973 | 304 | — | #548 | — |
| 1972 | 305 | — | #547 | — |
| 1971 | 327 | — | #551 | — |
| 1970 | 321 | — | #567 | — |
| 1969 | 276 | — | #599 | — |
| 1968 | 260 | — | #597 | — |
| 1967 | 217 | — | #650 | — |
| 1966 | 222 | — | #644 | — |
| 1965 | 200 | — | #695 | — |
| 1964 | 262 | — | #624 | — |
| 1963 | 212 | — | #695 | — |
| 1962 | 233 | — | #668 | — |
| 1961 | 237 | — | #670 | — |
| 1960 | 204 | — | #713 | — |
| 1959 | 180 | — | #758 | — |
| 1958 | 159 | — | #797 | — |
| 1957 | 182 | — | #739 | — |
| 1956 | 172 | — | #738 | — |
| 1955 | 158 | — | #755 | — |
| 1954 | 127 | — | #835 | — |
| 1953 | 134 | — | #796 | — |
| 1952 | 99 | — | #931 | — |
| 1951 | 100 | — | #914 | — |
| 1950 | 91 | — | #937 | — |
| 1949 | 88 | — | #952 | — |
| 1948 | 86 | — | #936 | — |
| 1947 | 97 | — | #898 | — |
| 1946 | 62 | — | #1,079 | — |
| 1945 | 54 | — | #1,064 | — |
| 1944 | 57 | — | #1,041 | — |
| 1943 | 62 | — | #1,006 | — |
| 1942 | 54 | — | #1,065 | — |
| 1941 | 61 | — | #944 | — |
| 1940 | 59 | — | #936 | — |
| 1939 | 60 | — | #907 | — |
| 1938 | 46 | — | #1,057 | — |
| 1937 | 41 | — | #1,118 | — |
| 1936 | 60 | — | #878 | — |
| 1935 | 46 | — | #1,019 | — |
| 1934 | 54 | — | #940 | — |
| 1933 | 49 | — | #986 | — |
| 1932 | 51 | — | #990 | — |
| 1931 | 54 | — | #943 | — |
| 1930 | 51 | — | #1,033 | — |
| 1929 | 56 | — | #960 | — |
| 1928 | 57 | — | #984 | — |
| 1927 | 62 | — | #966 | — |
| 1926 | 59 | — | #971 | — |
| 1925 | 68 | — | #895 | — |
| 1924 | 67 | — | #930 | — |
| 1923 | 67 | — | #896 | — |
| 1922 | 68 | — | #888 | — |
| 1921 | 78 | — | #841 | — |
| 1920 | 81 | — | #808 | — |
| 1919 | 79 | — | #793 | — |
| 1918 | 83 | — | #785 | — |
| 1917 | 86 | — | #752 | — |
| 1916 | 79 | — | #771 | — |
| 1915 | 68 | — | #798 | — |
| 1914 | 50 | — | #831 | — |
| 1913 | 38 | — | #855 | — |
| 1912 | 50 | — | #711 | — |
| 1911 | 36 | — | #722 | — |
| 1910 | 27 | — | #834 | — |
| 1909 | 32 | — | #709 | — |
| 1908 | 25 | — | #772 | — |
| 1907 | 28 | — | #712 | — |
| 1906 | 21 | — | #799 | — |
| 1905 | 15 | — | #973 | — |
| 1904 | 32 | — | #601 | — |
| 1903 | 21 | — | #738 | — |
| 1902 | 25 | — | #674 | — |
| 1901 | 33 | — | #534 | — |
| 1900 | 20 | — | #836 | — |
| 1899 | 23 | — | #647 | — |
| 1898 | 26 | — | #634 | — |
| 1897 | 22 | — | #663 | — |
| 1896 | 23 | — | #655 | — |
| 1895 | 22 | — | #661 | — |
| 1894 | 26 | — | #572 | — |
| 1893 | 18 | — | #691 | — |
| 1892 | 18 | — | #690 | — |
| 1891 | 18 | — | #629 | — |
| 1890 | 25 | — | #525 | — |
| 1889 | 20 | — | #573 | — |
| 1888 | 12 | — | #757 | — |
| 1887 | 17 | — | #539 | — |
| 1886 | 15 | — | #574 | — |
| 1885 | 11 | — | #662 | — |
| 1884 | 18 | — | #483 | — |
| 1883 | 17 | — | #466 | — |
| 1882 | 13 | — | #513 | — |
| 1880 | 10 | — | #552 | — |