Carrissa comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning Beloved; graceful and kind..
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How popular is Carrissa?
1991peak year
Today, Carrissa is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #14720), with only about 6 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1991, 61 babies were given the name (ranked #2163 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1990s. In all, around 965 babies have been registered as Carrissa since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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