Laurissa
Laurissa is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Laurissa
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Laurissa is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Laurissa
Laurissa first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1962, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1991: 29 births, good for #3,633 nationwide. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 31% of all recorded Laurissas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2019 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 744 Laurissas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1960s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Laurissa
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About the name Laurissa
Laurissa is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1962 and has accumulated 744 births in the dataset. Laurissa's peak popularity came in 1991 when it ranked #3,633. Use the chart and map above to compare Laurissa's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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