Quick answers about Merissa
How many people are named Merissa?
An estimated 3,299 living Americans are named Merissa.
How rare is Merissa?
Merissa fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Merissa?
The median age of a living American named Merissa is approximately 33 years, with most bearers falling between 27 and 39 years old.
Is Merissa still popular?
Not especially. Merissa has been declining since its 1995 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Merissa most common?
Merissa has its strongest geographic signal in Michigan, where it appears 1.7× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Merissa is most concentrated in Michigan — about 1.7× the national rate in the 1990s.
States where Merissa is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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