Clarissa

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Italian

Meaning

Clarissa is a female given name borrowed from Latin, Italian, and Portuguese,. It is a combination of St. Clare of Assisi's Latin name Clara and the suffix -issa, equivalent to -ess. Clarice is an anglicization of Clarisse, the French form of the same name.

From Wikipedia

Clarissa first appears in the data in 1999 and has been recorded in 26 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2017 with 520 babies (rank #79 that year). In 2024 it was given to 381 girls (rank #83). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Clarissa

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Clarissa yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

8,436
Total babies (all years)
26
Years in the data
520
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1999228#153
2000244#147
2001236#142
2002253#141
2003209#155
2004230#144
2005232#142
2006220#146
2007206#158
2008310#125
2009343#111
2010313#123
2011325#115
2012294#124
2013295#123
2014240#135
2015274#127
2016289#120
2017520#79
2018496#79
2019449#83
2020518#70
2021454#79
2022459#77
2023418#81
2024381#83