Name meaning & stats
Carissa
Carissa means “grace” (Greek origin). 28,459 US babies since 1940, peak 1992.
What it means
“grace”
GreekWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1992
28,459 US babies were named Carissa between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Carissa (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 48% of the family
- Carissa 48%
- Karissa 34%
- Carisa 5%
- Karisa 5%
- Caressa 2%
- Carrissa 2%
- Karyssa 2%
- Carrisa 1%
- Karessa 1%
- Karrissa 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1992)