Marissa

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Marissa: Recorded since 1974, it reached #294 in 2006, and it stood at #3,695 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
66times a registrar ranked it
51years from first to last
#294highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#526
1997	#598
1998	#758
1999	#703
2000	#764
2001	#918
2002	#785
2003	#909
2004	#676
2005	#490
2006	#533
2007	#519
2008	#467
2009	#638
2010	#695
2011	#804
2012	#701
2013	#1253
2014	#1120
2015	#1033
2016	#1086
2017	#1258
2018	#1526
2019	#1703
2020	#1618
2021	#1962
2022	#2325
2023	#1640
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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 31 of the 45 years from 1974 to 2018.

In 2018: #896 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1526 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1974–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1974
First recorded at #428 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1974 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2004–2011
Highest recorded position: #294 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2006 (recorded 2004–2011).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Marissa appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 31 years beginning in 1974, and has registered 130 births with the name.

Marissa 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.

Marissa'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	#428 (1974)	#353 (1989)	#896 (2018)	31 of 45	130 (1974–2018)	7 (1989)
England and Wales · Girls	#526 (1996)	#467 (2008)	#3695 (2024)	29 of 29	1,078 (1996–2024)	86 (2008)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#316 (2004)	#294 (2006)	#444 (2011)	6 of 8	22 (2004–2011)	5 (2006)

Marissa by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Marissa in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	9	2 of 10	5
1980sbusiest	31	7 of 10	4
1990s	28	7 of 10	4
2000s	31	7 of 10	4
2010s	31	8 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Marissa 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 1974 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #294 in Northern Ireland in 2006.

Marissa'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
2023	England and Wales	female	#1640	18	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2325	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1962	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1618	18	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1703	17	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1526	20	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1258	27	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1086	32	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1033	34	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1120	31	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1253	27	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#701	59	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#804	46	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#695	53	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#638	58	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#467	86	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#519	71	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#533	68	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#490	72	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#676	43	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#909	27	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#785	32	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#918	24	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#764	30	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#703	33	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#758	30	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#598	43	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#526	48	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#444	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#351	4	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#294	5	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#377	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#316	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#798	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#663	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#641	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#546	7	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#624	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#440	5	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#450	4	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#423	5	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#353	7	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#458	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	6	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#542	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#392	5	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	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 1974 and 2024, ranked in 44 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #294, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 86 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 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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Marit · #3, 81y
Marita · #34, 68y

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.

Ailis · #293, 46y
Magda · #295, 46y
Nada · #292, 46y
Liz · #291, 46y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Jenni · #293, 35y
Westley · #293, 24y
Tilla · #296, 28y
Leeanne · #297, 24y

Marissa was ranked #294 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2006. 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.

Marissa 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 Marissa without appearing here.

Marissa moved ahead of

Katrina Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2325 and #1767 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1640 and #2504.
Kirsten Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1253 and #1220 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1120 and #1882.
Brittany Compare
In 2001 they stood at #918 and #871 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #785 and #1245.
Tracy Compare
In 2008 they stood at #624 and #549 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #641 and #893.

Moved ahead of Marissa

Elaine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1640 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #1160.
Shania Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1640 and #2063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #1353.
Paula Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1640 and #2504 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #1491.
Marilyn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1640 and #2063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #1541.

Moved the opposite way to Marissa

Abigail Compare
Between 1974 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Marissa went from #428 to #896 while Abigail went from #428 to #75.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1974 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Marissa went from #428 to #896 while Alexandra went from #271 to #113.
Alice Compare
Between 1974 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Marissa went from #428 to #896 while Alice went from #146 to #33.
Amy Compare
Between 1974 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Marissa went from #428 to #896 while Amy went from #264 to #62.

Moved the same way as Marissa

Alma Compare
Between 1974 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Marissa went from #428 to #896 and Alma from #255 to #512.
Audrey Compare
Between 1974 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Marissa went from #428 to #896 and Audrey from #54 to #568.
Camilla Compare
Between 1974 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Marissa went from #428 to #896 and Camilla from #393 to #734.
Eileen Compare
Between 1974 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Marissa went from #428 to #896 and Eileen from #45 to #336.

What's not yet available

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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.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1974 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #294 in Northern Ireland in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Marissa

Marissa at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Marissa across 3 official records

Marissa by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Marissa appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Marissa and the names beside it

Marissa moved ahead of

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Marissa at a glance

Marissa across 3 official records

Marissa by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Marissa appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Marissa

Marissa and the names beside it

Marissa moved ahead of

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