Name meaning & stats
Karissa
Karissa means “grace” (Greek origin). 20,089 US babies since 1940, peak 1991.
What it means
“grace”
GreekSpelling of Carissa
In US birth records
Peak year: 1991
20,089 US babies were named Karissa between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Karissa (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 3 Carissas spell it Karissa
- 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 1991)