Clarissa
Clarissa is a distinctive choice, ranked #1362 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Clarissa in their class.
About the Name Clarissa
Clarissa is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 84 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #410 in 1996 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Clarissa is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Clarissa in their class.
In the US it ranks even higher at #947, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
⭐ Famous People Named Clarissa
- Clarissa Molina — Clarissa Molina Contreras is a Dominican actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Dominican Republic 2015 and represented the Dominican Republic at the Miss Universe 2015 pageant.
- Clarissa Pinkola Estés — Clarissa Pinkola Estés is a Mexican-American writer and Jungian psychoanalyst.
- Clarissa Chun — Clarissa Kyoko Mei Ling Chun (陳美玲) is the head coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes Women's wrestling program, formerly, the USA Wrestling assistant National coach and an American Olympic women's freestyle 48 kg (105.5 lbs) wrestler.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Clarissa
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Clarissa
Almost certainly the only Clarissa in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2021)
Rank · SSA official data
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Famous People Named Clarissa
Notable people who share this name, from history to the present day. See full list on Wikipedia