Milissa
Last seen for girls in 2008 at #13,832
- Peak · girls
- 1968 · 163 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,003since 1950
Milissa over time
Rank among girls' names. Milissa 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
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| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 |
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| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
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| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 |
| 1990 | #3,227 | 34 |
| 1989 | #3,566 | 28 |
| 1988 | #2,152 | 53 |
| 1987 | #1,991 | 56 |
| 1986 | #2,300 | 44 |
| 1985 | #1,809 | 62 |
| 1984 | #1,583 | 71 |
| 1983 | #1,770 | 60 |
| 1982 | #1,345 | 92 |
| 1981 | #1,406 | 87 |
| 1980 | #1,433 | 85 |
| 1979 | #1,301 | 96 |
| 1978 | #1,307 | 92 |
| 1977 | #1,191 | 103 |
| 1976 | #1,191 | 95 |
| 1975 | #1,258 | 89 |
| 1974 | #964 | 128 |
| 1973 | #1,138 | 97 |
| 1972 | #904 | 138 |
| 1971 | #976 | 130 |
| 1970 | #856 | 157 |
| 1969 | #912 | 135 |
| 1968 | #783 | 163 |
| 1967 | #872 | 136 |
| 1966 | #972 | 110 |
| 1965 | #1,156 | 85 |
| 1964 | #1,319 | 72 |
| 1963 | #1,435 | 60 |
| 1962 | #1,395 | 63 |
| 1961 | #1,807 | 40 |
| 1960 | #1,695 | 44 |
| 1959 | #1,585 | 47 |
| 1958 | #1,606 | 44 |
| 1957 | #1,928 | 32 |
| 1956 | #2,249 | 24 |
| 1955 | #2,635 | 18 |
| 1954 | #2,889 | 15 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 |
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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 1973
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wisconsin#484 · 1 in 5,375
- Indiana#652 · 1 in 7,090
- Florida#687 · 1 in 6,136
- Pennsylvania#927 · 1 in 13,511
- Michigan#934 · 1 in 11,776
Best ever in a state: #299 in Nebraska, 1968.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Wisconsin | #484 | 5 | 1 in 5,375 |
| Indiana | #652 | 5 | 1 in 7,090 |
| Florida | #687 | 7 | 1 in 6,136 |
| Pennsylvania | #927 | 5 | 1 in 13,511 |
| Michigan | #934 | 5 | 1 in 11,776 |
| New York | #1,023 | 9 | 1 in 11,483 |
| Texas | #1,439 | 5 | 1 in 18,873 |
| California | #1,592 | 6 | 1 in 21,798 |
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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 Milissa
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
- Biggest jump: 184 spots in 1966 (#1,156 → #972)
- Biggest drop: 294 spots in 1975 (#964 → #1,258)
- Debuted 1950
- Peaked 1968 at #783 (163 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1966–1972
- 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%)
- 37.5% of all girls named Milissa (1,125) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 202 | #1,585 (1959) | #3,377 |
| 1960s | 908 | #783 (1968) | #1,235 |
| 1970s | 1,125 | #856 (1970) | #1,109 |
| 1980s | 638 | #1,345 (1982) | #1,936 |
| 1990s | 118 | #3,227 (1990) | #8,238 |
| 2000s | 12 | #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.
Milissa in 1973
Top girls' names in 1973
More about 1973
girls
1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 15,033 of them was named Milissa, which outranked 88.4% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,132May98
- #1,132Toby98
- #1,132Trinity98
- #1,138Milissa97
- #1,138Kyla97
- #1,138Sharee97
- #1,138Shona97
- #1,143Billiejo96
- #1,143Carlotta96
- #1,143Carmella96
Tied with 4 names at #1,138; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.