Karissa

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Karissa: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Karissa: Recorded since 1999, it reached #2,717 in 2012, and it stood at #3,695 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#2717highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#3900
2001	#3998
2002	#4137
2004	#4598
2005	#3970
2007	#4294
2008	#4524
2009	#3422
2010	#3533
2011	#4764
2012	#2717
2014	#5691
2015	#3252
2016	#4096
2018	#4684
2019	#4001
2020	#4535
2021	#4634
2022	#2888
2024	#3695

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 20 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #3900 among girls in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1999–2024
Highest recorded position: #2717 among girls in England and Wales, in 2012 (recorded 1999–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Karissa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Karissa in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	27	7 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	43	8 of 10	5
2020s	22	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Karissa appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2717 in England and Wales in 2012.

Karissa's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3695	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1999 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,717, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,695position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
9births registered in its largest year, 2012Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Karla · #88, 53y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Dhyani · #2717, 15y
Afrin · #2721, 20y
Dhyana · #2721, 17y
Guneet · #2721, 18y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Lily-Louise · #2717, 14y
Afrin · #2721, 20y
Guneet · #2721, 18y
Muhib · #2721, 14y

Karissa and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Karissa without appearing here.

Karissa moved ahead of

Jeanette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4764 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2717 and #5876.
Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2717 and #5876.
Donna Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4634 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2888 and #5669.
Rian Compare
In 2014 they stood at #5691 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #3252 and #5730.

Moved ahead of Karissa

Rory Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3252 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #1977.
Freddie Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3422 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4001 and #3541.
Arlo Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3252 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4096 and #4096.
Noah Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3252 and #3615 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4096 and #4096.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2717 in England and Wales in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Karissa

Karissa at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Karissa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Karissa appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Karissa and the names beside it

Karissa moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Karissa

Karissa at a glance

Karissa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Karissa appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Karissa and the names beside it

Karissa moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Karissa