Marisa comes from the Hebrew / Italian tradition, meaning Beloved and renowned.
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How popular is Marisa?
1995peak year
Today, Marisa is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #2963), with only about 64 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1995, 2,198 babies were given the name (ranked #147 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1990s. Marisa has been declining in recent years. In all, around 48,749 babies have been registered as Marisa since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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