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Karissa

“Meaning not established”

Girl's name · #2895 in the US (2025) · 90s

Karissa has appeared in US records since 1961 — best rank #306 (1991) · 20,089 babies named Karissa all-time · 1 in 25,000 girls born in 2025.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 6 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Karissas

• Karissa Schweizer — American athletics competitor
• Karissa Sanbonmatsu — American structural biologist
• Karissa Whitsell — American racing cyclist
• Karissa Cook — American volleyball player
• Karissa van der Wath — Australian field hockey player (born 2006)

What Karissas become

Among 22 notable people named Karissa:

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