Mellissa
Mellissa is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 641st, in 1979.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1979272 births
- Best rank
- #641in 1979
- Since 1926
- 5,625people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,625 girls have been named Mellissa in the United States since 1926, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1979, with 272 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 272 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1979, and the 1970s alone account for 34%. It has spent 20 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1979, its biggest year
Mellissa was the 641st 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 Mellissa
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Melissapeak 1979
- Mellisapeak 1979
- Shandrapeak 1976
- Danellepeak 1974
- Karipeak 1975
- Kelipeak 1979
- Shawnapeak 1977
- Trishapeak 1979
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.