How Many People Are Named Sharissa?
An estimated 480 people in the United States have the first name Sharissa. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 34 years old, and Sharissa peaked in popularity in 2002 with 33 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Sharissa 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 Sharissa paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
480
About 1 in 714,072 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
34
years old
Peak Year
2002
33 births
Total Registered
502
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Sharissa
Sharissa is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 502 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Sharissa as a female name
Ranked #19,128 in 2012
5 female births in 2012
Peak: 2002 (33 births)
Sharissa: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Sharissa span from the 1970s to the 2010s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 163 babies were registered. Sharissa has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Sharissa by Decade
How has Sharissa 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.
Sharissa by State
Sharissa + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Sharissa as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Sharissa
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
Sharissa: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Sharissa?
We estimate approximately 480 people named Sharissa 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 714,072 Americans share this first name.
Is Sharissa a common name?
Sharissa is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 84.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 502 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Sharissa most popular?
Sharissa reached peak popularity in 2002, when 33 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Sharissa is approximately 34 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Sharissa a female name?
Sharissa is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Sharissa Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Sharissa Smith, Sharissa Johnson, Sharissa 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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