A FIELD REPORT ON THE NAME

Marisa

/məˈriː.sə/ · girl name · outside the top 1,000 in 2025
streamlined · nineties · sunlit

Origin & Meaning

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Formed as a Romance-language contraction of Maria and Luisa, with roots in Italian and Spanish usage. It entered the American record in 1934 and climbed steadily through the late twentieth century as international crossover names found favour on birth certificates.
Also answers toMari, Risa

Fig. 1 — Births per annum, 1934–2025

SSA Data
1934 peak: 2,198 souls, A.D. 1995 2025
2025: 25 born, falling ↘
Estimated Age
37 yrs
Most Marisas were born around 1995 — old enough to remember dial-up.
Peak Reign
1995
№147 that year
Generation
Millennial, 43%
then Gen Z 27% · Gen X 23%
Rarity
Top 2000 all-time
≈49K ever born · now falling
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Marisa grew up with

SSA Data
iPod earbuds·Club Penguin·flip phones

Generation Distribution — Living Marisas

SSA Data
Boomer 5%Gen X 23%Millennial 43%Gen Z 27%Gen Alpha 2%

Data vs. Humans

What the data says

SSA Data
SSA: Marisa peaked in 1995.
Estimated average age: 37.

What people think

Opinion Ledger
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Marisa sounds like someone born in —

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Public Opinion Ledger

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First Impressions

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The name reads as a sleeker alternative to the double-s spelling, suggesting parents who favoured a cleaner visual line. An average bearer is now thirty-seven, placing her in the heart of the demographic that remembers dial-up tones and cassette tape rewinding. It carries a Mediterranean cadence without feeling theatrical. The name suggests someone who knows the exact day her passport expires.

Field Notes

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Field Note 01
The name reached its high-water mark in 1995 with about two thousand births before entering a long, quiet decline.
Field Note 02
Millennials make up forty-three percent of all living holders, with Generation X and Generation Z sharing the rest almost equally.
Field Note 03
A Marisa has spent several decades patiently pointing out that her name contains only one letter s.

Notable Marisas

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Marisa Tomeiactor, b. 1964
Marisa Berensonactor and model, b. 1947

Adjacent Names

Ephemera — If Marisa were a…

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City
San Diego
Color
Sea glass green
Job
Botanical illustrator
Era artifact
Silver Elsa Peretti open heart pendant
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