Melessa
- Last seen for girls in 1992 at #10,479
- Peak · girls
- 1965 · 21 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 502since 1954
Melessa over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Melessa has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 |
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| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 |
| 1980 | #3,609 | 22 |
| 1979 | #4,052 | 18 |
| 1978 | #3,924 | 18 |
| 1977 | #3,267 | 23 |
| 1976 | #2,728 | 28 |
| 1975 | #2,881 | 25 |
| 1974 | #4,041 | 15 |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 |
| 1972 | #2,976 | 22 |
| 1971 | #3,652 | 17 |
| 1970 | #3,712 | 16 |
| 1969 | #2,844 | 22 |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 |
| 1966 | #3,266 | 15 |
| 1965 | #2,684 | 21 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 |
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| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 |
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First appearance
1954
The first year at least five girls were named Melessa! It came in at #5,753, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1954–1956, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Melessa is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Melessa in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1992
Rise & fade · girls
11 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1954
- Peaked 1965 at #2,684 (21 births)
- Births halved by 1984, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 52,325
- Highest: 1 in 52,325 girls born in 1976 were named Melessa (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 263,419 girls born in 1992 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,684 in 1965, was only 1 in 84,055 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 39.0% of all girls named Melessa (196) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1950s | 34 | #3,827 (1959) | #5,135 |
| 1960s | 152 | #2,684 (1965) | #3,414 |
| 1970s | 196 | #2,728 (1976) | #3,539 |
| 1980s | 99 | #3,609 (1980) | #6,055 |
| 1990s | 21 | #8,501 (1990) | #10,709 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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