Is Larissa a boy or girl name?

Larissa is primarily a girl name in U.S. records: about 100% of recorded births are female.

What is the average age of someone named Larissa?

The average Larissa alive today is an estimated 32 years old. People named Larissa were most often born around 1994.

When was the name Larissa most popular?

Larissa peaked in 1994 with 715 recorded births in the United States.

What vibe does the name Larissa have?

In one report's words: cursive, measured, nineties. Larissa ranks #1710 among all U.S. first names since 1880.

Larissa — Name Meaning, Age & Vibe

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Origin & Meaning

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Derived from the ancient Greek place name for the city of Larissa in Thessaly, which also belonged to a local mythological nymph. The name spread through Eastern Europe before establishing a footprint in American records starting in 1946. It gained broader domestic traction as a softer alternative to names like Vanessa and Melissa.

Also answers toLara, Riss, Rissa

Fig. 1 — Births per annum, 1946–2025

SSA Data

1946 peak: 715 souls, A.D. 1994 2025

2025: 126 born, falling ↘

Estimated Age

32 yrs

Most Larissas were born around 1994 — joined Facebook while it was still cool.

Peak Reign

1994

№363 that year

Generation

Millennial, 38%

then Gen Z 35% · Gen X 16%

Rarity

Top 2000 all-time

≈23K ever born · now falling

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Larissa grew up with

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Game Boy Color·AIM away messages·Pokémon cards

Generation Distribution — Living Larissas

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Gen X 16%Millennial 38%Gen Z 35%Gen Alpha 9%

Data vs. Humans

What the data says

SSA Data

SSA: Larissa peaked in 1994.

Estimated average age: 32.

What people think

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Fig. 2 — Style Coordinates

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Vintage Modern

Formal Casual

Soft Strong

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Public Opinion Ledger

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First Impressions

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A Larissa tends to be pictured somewhere in the vicinity of a spiral notebook and late-nineties pop radio. The three-syllable rhythm gave it a gentle cadence that never quite overtook the school directory. Most bearers are in their early thirties and familiar with the quiet annoyance of having their name written with a single s.

Field Notes

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Field Note 01

The name first entered the national ledger in 1946 and climbed gradually to a peak of 715 births in 1994.

Field Note 02

Millennials and Gen Z together account for over seventy percent of all living Americans with the name.

Field Note 03

Totaling about twenty-three thousand births across eight decades, the name maintained steady use without ever entering the top three hundred.

Notable Larissas

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Larissa Oleynikactor, b. 1981

Larissa Manoelaactor and singer, b. 2000

Adjacent Names

Marissa · Clarissa · Vanessa · Carissa · Alissa · Serena

Ephemera — If Larissa were a…

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City

St. Petersburg, Florida

Color

Frosted plum

Job

Speech-language pathologist

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