female NAME · CURRENTLY #10681
Nerissa
nuh-RISS-ah
“sea nymph”
A feminine literary name used by William Shakespeare for a character in The Merchant of Venice.
SSA POPULARITY HISTORY
How Nerissa has traveled through time
61915
71950
61955
111960
261965
271970
511975
541980
391985
411990
351995
232000
222005
172010
52015
82020
92025
LATEST YEAR20259 births
PEAK RANK#1585in 1979
CURRENT USAGE100% F0% M
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration. SSA excludes names with fewer than five occurrences in a geographic area.