Milissa
Milissa is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 786th, in 1968.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1968163 births
- Best rank
- #786in 1968
- Since 1950
- 3,003people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,003 girls have been named Milissa in the United States since 1950, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1968, with 163 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 163 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1972, and the 1970s alone account for 37%. It has spent 8 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1968, its biggest year
Milissa was the 786th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1968 were Lisa, Michelle, Kimberly, Jennifer and Melissa. See all of 1968.
Names that rose and fell with Milissa
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Terinapeak 1969
- Staceypeak 1971
- Jodipeak 1970
- Marcipeak 1971
- Angleapeak 1972
- Melissiapeak 1968
- Tijuanapeak 1972
- Tangelapeak 1971
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.