Rissa

Girl · recorded 1947–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1979best year

Most popular in 1979.

Last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Rissa.

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Its story

Popularity since 1947

04719471966198620052024

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 45 recorded years as a table
Rissa, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19473
19493
19563
19574
19583
19604
19612
19633
19645
19664
19674
19694
19713
19723
19744
19753
19783
19797
19804
19814
19826
19833
19855
19865
19874
19905
19914
19924
19944
19953
19973
19983
20013
20027
20054
20064
20076
20085
20094
20123
20154
20194
20204
20224
20244

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Rissa isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2024
6
Rank in 2024
#13,477
How rare
1 in 270,031 girls
Since 1947
313

Rissa was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1979, at 7 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Rissa doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.