Parissa

pa-RIH-suh /pæˈɹɪsə/
girl 3 syllables fading

Parissa is a very rare variant of Paris that was most common in the 1980s and has all but disappeared.

Parissa is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2015. Parissa was first reported in SSA data in 1986 and peaked in 1988 (8 births).

About the name Parissa

Pronunciationpa-RIH-suh /pæˈɹɪsə/
CultureArabicPersian
8peak births 1988
1986first in SSA data

Names similar to Parissa

How popular is Parissa?

Girls named Parissa
1986199019952000200520102015
Girls named Parissa per year hover for count and girls rank Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1986–2015 U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2015) SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here

Parissa total popularity by year

YearU.S. birthsU.S. + territoriesRank
201555#18,475
201355#18,605
201266#16,378
200955#19,489
200877#15,006
200655#19,316
200566#15,950
19975—#15,487
19955—#15,116
19938—#10,289
19928—#10,200
19916—#12,647
19907—#11,045
19888—#8,984
19866—#10,493