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Caressa

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Caressa is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
198769 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1956
1,218people given the name
Babies named Caressa, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,218 girls have been named Caressa in the United States since 1956, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1987, with 69 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 69 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1988, and the 1980s alone account for 38%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Caressa
1950s6
1960s56
1970s188
1980s465
1990s362
2000s120
2010s21

In 1987, its biggest year

Caressa was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1987 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Jennifer and Sarah. See all of 1987.

Names that rose and fell with Caressa

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.