Malissa
Malissa is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 348th, in 1880.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1979307 births
- Best rank
- #348in 1880
- Since 1880
- 8,858people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,858 girls have been named Malissa in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1979, with 307 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 307 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1974, and the 1970s alone account for 30%. It has spent 50 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Malissa | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 185 | |
| 1890s | 192 | |
| 1900s | 196 | |
| 1910s | 250 | |
| 1920s | 265 | |
| 1930s | 121 | |
| 1940s | 149 | |
| 1950s | 293 | |
| 1960s | 1,403 | |
| 1970s | 2,657 | |
| 1980s | 1,804 | |
| 1990s | 902 | |
| 2000s | 302 | |
| 2010s | 113 | |
| 2020s | 26 |
In 1979, its biggest year
Malissa was the 588th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1979 were Jennifer, Melissa, Amanda, Jessica and Amy. See all of 1979.
Names that rose and fell with Malissa
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lizapeak 1973
- Cammiepeak 1968
- Marindapeak 1980
- Corriepeak 1977
- Malindapeak 1969
- Laurapeak 1964
- Tressapeak 1971
- Letitiapeak 1964
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.