Merissa
Merissa 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
- 1995172 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1962
- 3,412people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,412 girls have been named Merissa in the United States since 1962, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1995, with 172 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 172 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1993, and the 1990s alone account for 41%.
By decade
In 1995, its biggest year
Merissa was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1995 were Jessica, Ashley, Emily, Samantha and Sarah. See all of 1995.
Names that rose and fell with Merissa
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Faviolapeak 1991
- Danishapeak 1994
- Jessycapeak 1996
- Tearapeak 1990
- Myeishapeak 1993
- Shaleepeak 1993
- Courtneepeak 1990
- Aleeshapeak 1992
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.