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How popular is the name Clarissa?
Births per year, rank history and how many Clarissas are alive today.
Clarissa (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 1362nd in 2025 and given to 23 babies. The name peaked in 1996, when 78 babies were given the name, the 410th most popular that year. It has declined since 1996; the 2025 figure is roughly 29% of its peak.
The Clarissa you are most likely to meet is around 31 years old. Half of all Clarissas born in England and Wales are between 17 and 33, and there are at least 1,300 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Clarissa - on average, only one in every 243 such rooms contains a Clarissa.
How many babies are named Clarissa each year?
Where does Clarissa rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Clarissa most popular?
Clarissa peaked in 1996, when 78 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Clarissa?
At least 1,300 people named Clarissa born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Clarissa?
Most living Clarissas are between 17 and 33; the most common age is about 31.
Is Clarissa becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1996 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.