Larissa

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Larissa: Recorded since 1969, with a gap of 11 years, it reached #339 in 2002, and it stood at #898 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
56times a registrar ranked it
56years from first to last
#339highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Larissa's record

Absent from every published list for 11 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#514
1997	#478
1998	#552
1999	#490
2000	#645
2001	#627
2002	#532
2003	#653
2004	#590
2005	#571
2006	#568
2007	#565
2008	#608
2009	#664
2010	#801
2011	#937
2012	#758
2013	#1018
2014	#1070
2015	#1057
2016	#852
2017	#982
2018	#1170
2019	#980
2020	#1200
2021	#1351
2022	#1948
2023	#921
2024	#1353

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 22 of the 56 years from 1969 to 2024.

In 2024: #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1353 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1969–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1969
First recorded at #443 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1969 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1999–2015
Highest recorded position: #339 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2002 (recorded 1999–2015).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1353 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Larissa appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 1,256 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1969.

Larissa across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Larissa's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#443 (1969)	#394 (1997)	#898 (2024)	22 of 56	86 (1969–2024)	9 (2008)
England and Wales · Girls	#514 (1996)	#478 (1997)	#1353 (2024)	29 of 29	1,256 (1996–2024)	64 (2007)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#344 (1999)	#339 (2002)	#426 (2015)	5 of 17	16 (1999–2015)	4 (2008)

Larissa 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 Larissa in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	218	4 of 10	55
2000sbusiest	530	10 of 10	53
2010s	382	10 of 10	38
2020s	126	5 of 10	25

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 53 births a year.

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

Larissa appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1969 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #339 in Northern Ireland in 2002.

Larissa'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	#1353	24	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#921	38	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1948	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1351	23	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1200	27	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#980	36	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1170	29	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#982	37	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#852	44	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1057	33	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1070	33	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1018	35	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#758	52	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#937	38	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#801	45	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#664	55	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#608	61	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#565	64	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#568	61	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#571	57	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#590	52	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#653	44	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#532	56	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#627	41	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#645	39	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#490	59	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#552	49	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#478	59	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#514	51	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#426	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#339	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#344	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#716	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#469	9	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#624	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	6	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#492	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#497	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#455	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#508	3	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1969 and 2024, ranked in 35 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #339, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 64 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 11 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 30 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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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Larisa · #309, 48y
Lark · #2300, 9y
Larna · #1365, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, 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.

Bronwen · #339, 31y
Carley · #339, 30y
Julianna · #339, 34y
Mariah · #339, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Hanan · #339, 54y
Julianna · #339, 34y
Maylen · #339, 20y
Hussain · #340, 40y

Larissa was ranked #339 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2002. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Larissa 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 Larissa without appearing here.

Larissa moved ahead of

Jodie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1948 and #1948 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #921 and #2927.
Nicola Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1948 and #1282 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #921 and #2689.
Aisling Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1948 and #1621 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #921 and #2504.
Katrina Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1948 and #1767 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #921 and #2504.

Moved ahead of Larissa

Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #980 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1200 and #460.
Meabh Compare
In 2023 they stood at #921 and #1288 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1353 and #952.
Maya Compare
In 2001 they stood at #394 and #576 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2002 that had become #620 and #229.
Brooke Compare
In 2001 they stood at #394 and #496 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2002 that had become #620 and #289.

Moved the opposite way to Larissa

Abigail Compare
Between 1969 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Larissa went from #443 to #898 while Abigail went from #303 to #79.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1969 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Larissa went from #443 to #898 while Alexandra went from #303 to #145.
Alice Compare
Between 1969 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Larissa went from #443 to #898 while Alice went from #103 to #52.
Amy Compare
Between 1969 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Larissa went from #443 to #898 while Amy went from #322 to #156.

Moved the same way as Larissa

Audrey Compare
Between 1969 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Larissa went from #443 to #898 and Audrey from #53 to #898.
Camilla Compare
Between 1969 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Larissa went from #443 to #898 and Camilla from #288 to #556.
Eileen Compare
Between 1969 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Larissa went from #443 to #898 and Eileen from #26 to #372.
Margaret Compare
Between 1969 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Larissa went from #443 to #898 and Margaret from #3 to #181.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1969 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #339 in Northern Ireland in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Larissa

Larissa at a glance

What stands out in Larissa's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Larissa across 3 official records

Larissa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Larissa appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Larissa and the names beside it

Larissa moved ahead of

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Larissa at a glance

What stands out in Larissa's record

Larissa across 3 official records

Larissa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Larissa appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Larissa

Larissa and the names beside it

Larissa moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Larissa

Moved the opposite way to Larissa

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