Nerissa is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #17269 for girl births in the United States, given to 9 babies. Nerissa first appears in the data in 1915 and reached its peak in 1979 (73 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #17,269 |
| 2024 | 6 | #22,647 |
| 2023 | 5 | #25,421 |
| 2021 | 8 | #18,683 |
| 2020 | 8 | #18,559 |
| 2019 | 9 | #17,579 |
| 2018 | 8 | #18,996 |
| 2017 | 15 | #12,688 |
| 2016 | 15 | #12,787 |
| 2015 | 5 | #26,654 |
| 2014 | 14 | #13,444 |
| 2013 | 8 | #19,629 |
| 2012 | 11 | #15,983 |
| 2011 | 9 | #18,332 |
| 2010 | 17 | #12,037 |
| 2009 | 21 | #10,552 |
| 2008 | 18 | #11,722 |
| 2007 | 29 | #8,329 |
| 2006 | 20 | #10,531 |
| 2005 | 22 | #9,375 |
| 2004 | 33 | #6,931 |
| 2003 | 22 | #8,971 |
| 2002 | 26 | #7,761 |
| 2001 | 31 | #6,787 |
| 2000 | 23 | #8,250 |
| 1999 | 29 | #6,658 |
| 1998 | 27 | #6,889 |
| 1997 | 31 | #6,023 |
| 1996 | 28 | #6,333 |
| 1995 | 35 | #5,314 |
| 1994 | 35 | #5,340 |
| 1993 | 30 | #5,853 |
| 1992 | 26 | #6,460 |
| 1991 | 33 | #5,342 |
| 1990 | 41 | #4,529 |
| 1989 | 48 | #3,911 |
| 1988 | 34 | #4,725 |
| 1987 | 43 | #3,846 |
| 1986 | 28 | #5,051 |
| 1985 | 39 | #3,961 |
| 1984 | 55 | #3,031 |
| 1983 | 51 | #3,173 |
| 1982 | 64 | #2,780 |
| 1981 | 72 | #2,604 |
| 1980 | 54 | #3,099 |
| 1979 | 73 | #2,521 |
| 1978 | 63 | #2,677 |
| 1977 | 38 | #3,697 |
| 1976 | 38 | #3,532 |
| 1975 | 51 | #2,878 |
| 1974 | 42 | #3,198 |
| 1973 | 33 | #3,650 |
| 1972 | 45 | #2,980 |
| 1971 | 44 | #3,072 |
| 1970 | 27 | #4,106 |
| 1969 | 38 | #3,167 |
| 1968 | 31 | #3,404 |
| 1967 | 26 | #3,701 |
| 1966 | 19 | #4,387 |
| 1965 | 26 | #3,720 |
| 1964 | 25 | #3,875 |
| 1963 | 18 | #4,622 |
| 1962 | 21 | #4,216 |
| 1961 | 8 | #7,485 |
| 1960 | 11 | #6,068 |
| 1959 | 12 | #5,673 |
| 1958 | 14 | #5,102 |
| 1957 | 12 | #5,560 |
| 1956 | 9 | #6,541 |
| 1955 | 6 | #8,203 |
| 1954 | 14 | #4,877 |
| 1953 | 6 | #7,968 |
| 1952 | 7 | #7,131 |
| 1950 | 7 | #6,957 |
| 1948 | 5 | #8,456 |
| 1918 | 7 | #7,015 |
| 1915 | 6 | #7,108 |