Risa
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 23 babies a year in the US.
Risa by the numbers
Risa was given to 23 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 131 babies in 1962, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Risa
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Risa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Rosarose; flower470 in England and Wales (2025)
- Riyathe singer48 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ritaflowing or proper; a form of Sarita51 in England and Wales (2025)
- Riariver mouth; short form of Maria38 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rinasong; joy; a form of Rina71 in the US (2017)
- Rivariver; also a diminutive of Rebecca45 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Risa
Names that are said the same way as Risa, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Rysa5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Risa
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