Mellisa
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293
- Peak · girls
- 1979 · 221 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,575since 1952
Mellisa over time
Rank among girls' names. Mellisa has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 |
| 2023 | — | |
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| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 |
| 2006 | #7,142 | 17 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 |
| 2004 | #5,377 | 23 |
| 2003 | #6,055 | 19 |
| 2002 | #5,897 | 19 |
| 2001 | #4,564 | 26 |
| 2000 | #3,738 | 34 |
| 1999 | #3,639 | 33 |
| 1998 | #3,301 | 37 |
| 1997 | #2,511 | 51 |
| 1996 | #2,340 | 56 |
| 1995 | #2,345 | 56 |
| 1994 | #2,232 | 59 |
| 1993 | #1,898 | 74 |
| 1992 | #1,947 | 71 |
| 1991 | #1,628 | 92 |
| 1990 | #1,410 | 112 |
| 1989 | #1,397 | 107 |
| 1988 | #1,239 | 120 |
| 1987 | #1,156 | 127 |
| 1986 | #1,163 | 122 |
| 1985 | #1,014 | 149 |
| 1984 | #997 | 145 |
| 1983 | #873 | 174 |
| 1982 | #853 | 182 |
| 1981 | #773 | 211 |
| 1980 | #803 | 202 |
| 1979 | #739 | 221 |
| 1978 | #849 | 174 |
| 1977 | #846 | 175 |
| 1976 | #849 | 161 |
| 1975 | #891 | 148 |
| 1974 | #896 | 142 |
| 1973 | #934 | 130 |
| 1972 | #898 | 140 |
| 1971 | #870 | 154 |
| 1970 | #1,008 | 124 |
| 1969 | #943 | 127 |
| 1968 | #1,099 | 94 |
| 1967 | #1,039 | 98 |
| 1966 | #1,448 | 58 |
| 1965 | #1,528 | 53 |
| 1964 | #1,918 | 38 |
| 1963 | #2,364 | 26 |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 |
| 1961 | #2,839 | 19 |
| 1960 | #2,512 | 23 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 |
| 1958 | #3,747 | 11 |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 |
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| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 |
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| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Mellisa! It came in at #4,908, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1953, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Mellisa is popular in 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#825 · 1 in 7,998
- California#1,015 · 1 in 9,384
- Pennsylvania#1,022 · 1 in 11,971
- Illinois#1,203 · 1 in 12,883
- Florida#1,365 · 1 in 15,405
Best ever in a state: #330 in Oregon, 1979.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #825 | 6 | 1 in 7,998 |
| California | #1,015 | 26 | 1 in 9,384 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,022 | 6 | 1 in 11,971 |
| Illinois | #1,203 | 6 | 1 in 12,883 |
| Florida | #1,365 | 5 | 1 in 15,405 |
| New York | #1,373 | 8 | 1 in 14,848 |
| Texas | #2,022 | 5 | 1 in 26,677 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Mellisa
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 156 spots in 1969 (#1,099 → #943)
- Biggest drop: 124 spots in 1984 (#873 → #997)
- Debuted 1952
- Peaked 1979 at #739 (221 births)
- Births halved by 1989, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1971–1984
- Highest: 1 in 7,264 girls born in 1979 were named Mellisa (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 324,038 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 34.3% of all girls named Mellisa (1,569) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 53 | #3,489 (1957) | #4,353 |
| 1960s | 551 | #943 (1969) | #1,898 |
| 1970s | 1,569 | #739 (1979) | #878 |
| 1980s | 1,539 | #773 (1981) | #1,027 |
| 1990s | 641 | #1,410 (1990) | #2,325 |
| 2000s | 184 | #3,738 (2000) | #7,309 |
| 2010s | 33 | #14,331 (2016) | #15,547 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,293 (2024) | #15,293 |
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.
Mellisa in 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
More about 1989
girls
1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 17,229 of them was named Mellisa, which outranked 90.4% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,391Karisa108
- #1,391Katina108
- #1,391Mireya108
- #1,397Mellisa107
- #1,397Ayesha107
- #1,397Chynna107
- #1,397Cristin107
- #1,405Calli106
- #1,405Eleni106
- #1,405Florence106
Tied with 7 names at #1,397; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.