Over the past 110 years, 42 boys and 117 885 girls have been named Marissa. The name Marissa ranks 7382th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Marissa in 1989. The peak of popularity of the name Marissa came in the 1980s and 1990s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.