Melyssa
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #12,197
- Peak · girls
- 1989 · 121 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,023since 1965
Melyssa over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Melyssa has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 |
| 2019 | #7,025 | 16 |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 |
| 2017 | #6,287 | 19 |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 |
| 2015 | #6,452 | 19 |
| 2014 | #7,302 | 16 |
| 2013 | #5,143 | 26 |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 |
| 2011 | #5,358 | 25 |
| 2010 | #4,974 | 28 |
| 2009 | #4,370 | 34 |
| 2008 | #4,882 | 30 |
| 2007 | #5,230 | 27 |
| 2006 | #3,734 | 41 |
| 2005 | #3,942 | 36 |
| 2004 | #3,748 | 38 |
| 2003 | #3,946 | 34 |
| 2002 | #3,978 | 32 |
| 2001 | #3,703 | 35 |
| 2000 | #3,738 | 34 |
| 1999 | #3,569 | 34 |
| 1998 | #3,222 | 38 |
| 1997 | #2,360 | 56 |
| 1996 | #2,423 | 53 |
| 1995 | #2,155 | 62 |
| 1994 | #2,232 | 59 |
| 1993 | #1,708 | 87 |
| 1992 | #1,740 | 85 |
| 1991 | #1,492 | 105 |
| 1990 | #1,813 | 79 |
| 1989 | #1,301 | 121 |
| 1988 | #1,368 | 104 |
| 1987 | #1,812 | 64 |
| 1986 | #1,980 | 55 |
| 1985 | #2,362 | 42 |
| 1984 | #2,574 | 36 |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 |
| 1982 | #3,780 | 21 |
| 1981 | #3,147 | 27 |
| 1980 | #2,537 | 37 |
| 1979 | #2,112 | 47 |
| 1978 | #3,009 | 26 |
| 1977 | #3,612 | 20 |
| 1976 | #3,287 | 21 |
| 1975 | #3,259 | 21 |
| 1974 | #3,426 | 19 |
| 1973 | #3,481 | 18 |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 |
| 1971 | #2,542 | 29 |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 |
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First appearance
1965
The first year at least five girls were named Melyssa! It came in at #4,831, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2024–2025, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Melyssa is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Melyssa 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 2023
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1965
- Peaked 1989 at #1,301 (121 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 5 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 15,236
- Highest: 1 in 15,236 girls born in 1989 were named Melyssa (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,226 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 32.5% of all girls named Melyssa (658) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 51 | #3,774 (1969) | #4,469 |
| 1970s | 231 | #2,112 (1979) | #3,248 |
| 1980s | 528 | #1,301 (1989) | #2,455 |
| 1990s | 658 | #1,492 (1991) | #2,271 |
| 2000s | 341 | #3,703 (2001) | #4,127 |
| 2010s | 187 | #4,974 (2010) | #6,837 |
| 2020s | 27 | #11,090 (2020) | #12,586 |
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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