Mellissa
Last seen for girls in 2018 at #15,682
- Peak · girls
- 1979 · 272 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,625since 1926
Mellissa over time
Rank among girls' names. Mellissa has never cracked the top 600 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 | |
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| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 |
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| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 |
| 2010 | #8,701 | 13 |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 |
| 2007 | #7,394 | 17 |
| 2006 | #5,906 | 22 |
| 2005 | #7,500 | 15 |
| 2004 | #5,969 | 20 |
| 2003 | #5,586 | 21 |
| 2002 | #4,381 | 28 |
| 2001 | #4,688 | 25 |
| 2000 | #4,649 | 25 |
| 1999 | #3,443 | 36 |
| 1998 | #2,929 | 44 |
| 1997 | #2,874 | 42 |
| 1996 | #2,229 | 60 |
| 1995 | #2,028 | 67 |
| 1994 | #2,167 | 62 |
| 1993 | #1,985 | 70 |
| 1992 | #1,600 | 96 |
| 1991 | #1,564 | 98 |
| 1990 | #1,265 | 129 |
| 1989 | #1,326 | 117 |
| 1988 | #1,077 | 146 |
| 1987 | #1,064 | 144 |
| 1986 | #1,097 | 135 |
| 1985 | #863 | 185 |
| 1984 | #945 | 155 |
| 1983 | #874 | 173 |
| 1982 | #808 | 197 |
| 1981 | #722 | 228 |
| 1980 | #690 | 250 |
| 1979 | #639 | 272 |
| 1978 | #724 | 218 |
| 1977 | #680 | 230 |
| 1976 | #823 | 169 |
| 1975 | #804 | 171 |
| 1974 | #811 | 166 |
| 1973 | #767 | 175 |
| 1972 | #795 | 172 |
| 1971 | #859 | 157 |
| 1970 | #762 | 191 |
| 1969 | #774 | 173 |
| 1968 | #757 | 172 |
| 1967 | #826 | 147 |
| 1966 | #955 | 113 |
| 1965 | #1,302 | 69 |
| 1964 | #1,610 | 50 |
| 1963 | #1,598 | 50 |
| 1962 | #2,031 | 33 |
| 1961 | #1,838 | 39 |
| 1960 | #2,196 | 28 |
| 1959 | #2,234 | 26 |
| 1958 | #2,581 | 20 |
| 1957 | #2,926 | 16 |
| 1956 | #2,530 | 20 |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 |
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| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 |
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| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Mellissa! It came in at #4,851, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1926–1949, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Mellissa is popular in 1971
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Indiana#427 · 1 in 3,737
- Massachusetts#489 · 1 in 5,595
- Kentucky#518 · 1 in 5,195
- Florida#561 · 1 in 4,776
- Pennsylvania#565 · 1 in 6,181
Best ever in a state: #186 in Rhode Island, 1980.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Indiana | #427 | 11 | 1 in 3,737 |
| Massachusetts | #489 | 7 | 1 in 5,595 |
| Kentucky | #518 | 5 | 1 in 5,195 |
| Florida | #561 | 10 | 1 in 4,776 |
| Pennsylvania | #565 | 13 | 1 in 6,181 |
| North Carolina | #695 | 5 | 1 in 8,053 |
| Ohio | #778 | 8 | 1 in 10,459 |
| Michigan | #862 | 6 | 1 in 11,501 |
| Texas | #1,034 | 9 | 1 in 11,539 |
| Illinois | #1,072 | 6 | 1 in 13,780 |
| California | #1,087 | 12 | 1 in 12,366 |
| New York | #1,376 | 6 | 1 in 20,869 |
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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 Mellissa
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
- Biggest jump: 347 spots in 1966 (#1,302 → #955)
- Biggest drop: 234 spots in 1986 (#863 → #1,097)
- Debuted 1926
- Peaked 1979 at #639 (272 births)
- Births halved by 1986, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1966–1985
- Highest: 1 in 5,902 girls born in 1979 were named Mellissa (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 340,215 girls born in 2018 (0.00%)
- 34.2% of all girls named Mellissa (1,921) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,851 (1926) | #4,851 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 5 | #4,691 (1943) | #4,691 |
| 1950s | 143 | #2,234 (1959) | #3,236 |
| 1960s | 874 | #757 (1968) | #1,389 |
| 1970s | 1,921 | #639 (1979) | #766 |
| 1980s | 1,730 | #690 (1980) | #947 |
| 1990s | 704 | #1,265 (1990) | #2,208 |
| 2000s | 201 | #4,381 (2002) | #6,346 |
| 2010s | 42 | #8,701 (2010) | #12,300 |
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.
Mellissa in 1971
Top girls' names in 1971
More about 1971
girls
1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 10,598 of them was named Mellissa, which outranked 91.1% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).