Nerissa
Nerissa is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 197973 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1915
- 1,968people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,968 girls have been named Nerissa in the United States since 1915, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1979, with 73 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1983, and the 1980s alone account for 25%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Nerissa | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 13 | |
| 1940s | 5 | |
| 1950s | 87 | |
| 1960s | 223 | |
| 1970s | 454 | |
| 1980s | 488 | |
| 1990s | 315 | |
| 2000s | 245 | |
| 2010s | 111 | |
| 2020s | 27 |
In 1979, its biggest year
Nerissa was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1979 were Jennifer, Melissa, Amanda, Jessica and Amy. See all of 1979.
Names that rose and fell with Nerissa
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rosalbapeak 1979
- Andriapeak 1980
- Aprylpeak 1981
- Andreapeak 1981
- Griceldapeak 1983
- Kamipeak 1980
- Kamiepeak 1978
- Carapeak 1985
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.