Clarisa comes from the Spanish tradition, meaning Bright, clear.
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How popular is Clarisa?
1994peak year
The name Clarisa reached its peak in 1994, with 323 registrations (ranked #665). It had been quietly building for over half a century before that, first appearing in records in 1911. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #6397) today, averaging about 22 new babies per year. Clarisa has been declining in recent years. Across all years on record, approximately 3,171 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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