Mellisa
Mellisa is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. Its best rank was 740th, in 1979.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 50.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1979221 births
- Best rank
- #740in 1979
- Since 1952
- 4,575people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,575 girls have been named Mellisa in the United States since 1952, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1979, with 221 births.
The name has all but left use: 5 births in 2024, against 221 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1980, and the 1970s alone account for 34%. It has spent 15 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1979, its biggest year
Mellisa was the 740th 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 Mellisa
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mellissapeak 1979
- Melissapeak 1979
- Sharondapeak 1980
- Shawnapeak 1977
- Aprilpeak 1980
- Trishapeak 1979
- Shandrapeak 1976
- Genniferpeak 1982
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.