Melisa
Melisa is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 53 births. Its best rank was 342nd, in 1973.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 530.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1979661 births
- Best rank
- #342in 1973
- Since 1948
- 19,054people given the name
The story in the numbers
19,054 girls have been named Melisa in the United States since 1948, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1979, with 661 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1979, and the 1970s alone account for 31%. It has spent 43 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Melisa | |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 10 | |
| 1950s | 473 | |
| 1960s | 3,396 | |
| 1970s | 5,890 | |
| 1980s | 3,885 | |
| 1990s | 2,276 | |
| 2000s | 1,937 | |
| 2010s | 932 | |
| 2020s | 255 |
In 1979, its biggest year
Melisa was the 350th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1979 were Jennifer, Melissa, Amanda, Jessica and Amy. See all of 1979.
Names that rose and fell with Melisa
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kenapeak 1975
- Jeniferpeak 1974
- Anglepeak 1975
- Lashaunpeak 1969
- Lashellepeak 1982
- Demetriapeak 1974
- Marivelpeak 1981
- Bridgettpeak 1970
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.