Milissa

Peak · girls
1968 · 163 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,003
since 1950

Milissa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Milissa has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank19501960197019801990200020102020peak #783, 1968girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2008#13,8327
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2004#16,0995
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1999#10,3458
1998#12,4266
1997#10,8367
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1995#11,7836
1994#7,60411
1993#6,26414
1992#6,65213
1991#5,00419
1990#3,22734
1989#3,56628
1988#2,15253
1987#1,99156
1986#2,30044
1985#1,80962
1984#1,58371
1983#1,77060
1982#1,34592
1981#1,40687
1980#1,43385
1979#1,30196
1978#1,30792
1977#1,191103
1976#1,19195
1975#1,25889
1974#964128
1973#1,13897
1972#904138
1971#976130
1970#856157
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1968#783163
1967#872136
1966#972110
1965#1,15685
1964#1,31972
1963#1,43560
1962#1,39563
1961#1,80740
1960#1,69544
1959#1,58547
1958#1,60644
1957#1,92832
1956#2,24924
1955#2,63518
1954#2,88915
1953#4,5957
1952#5,5635
1951#5,4145
1950#5,3015
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First appearance
1950

The first year at least five girls were named Milissa! It came in at #5,301, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1996, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Milissa is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Milissa 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 2008
  • Biggest jump: 184 spots in 1966
  • Biggest drop: 294 spots in 1975
Rise & fade · girls
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1950
  • Peaked 1968 at #783 (163 births)
  • Births halved by 1983, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1966–1972
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,064
  • Highest: 1 in 10,064 girls born in 1968 were named Milissa (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 270,134 girls born in 2008 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 37.5% of all girls named Milissa (1,125) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s202#1,585 (1959)#3,377
1960s908#783 (1968)#1,235
1970s1,125#856 (1970)#1,109
1980s638#1,345 (1982)#1,936
1990s118#3,227 (1990)#8,238
2000s12#13,832 (2008)#14,966

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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