How Many People Are Named Karisa?
An estimated 2,648 people in the United States have the first name Karisa. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 34 years old, and Karisa peaked in popularity in 1992 with 161 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Karisa as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Karisa paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
2,648
About 1 in 129,439 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
34
years old
Peak Year
1992
161 births
Total Registered
2,773
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Karisa
Karisa is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 2,773 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Karisa as a female name
Ranked #16,385 in 2024
5 female births in 2024
Peak: 1992 (161 births)
Karisa: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Karisa span from the 1960s to the 2020s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 1,017 babies were registered. Karisa has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Karisa by Decade
How has Karisa tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Karisa by State
Birth registrations for Karisa span all 19 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, Pennsylvania. The lowest are in Utah, New Jersey, Iowa. On average, about 49 Karisas were registered per state.
Karisa + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Karisa as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Karisa
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Karisa: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Karisa?
We estimate approximately 2,648 people named Karisa are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 129,439 Americans share this first name.
Is Karisa a common name?
Karisa is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 94.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 2,773 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Karisa most popular?
Karisa reached peak popularity in 1992, when 161 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Karisa is approximately 34 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Karisa a female name?
Karisa is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Karisa Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Karisa Smith, Karisa Johnson, Karisa Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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