Melyssa
Melyssa is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1989121 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1965
- 2,023people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,023 girls have been named Melyssa in the United States since 1965, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1989, with 121 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 121 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1992, and the 1990s alone account for 33%.
By decade
In 1989, its biggest year
Melyssa was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1989 were Jessica, Ashley, Brittany, Amanda and Sarah. See all of 1989.
Names that rose and fell with Melyssa
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Alyciapeak 1990
- Chantalpeak 1990
- Lyssapeak 1992
- Deondrapeak 1985
- Kaseypeak 1992
- Leandrapeak 1989
- Jenaepeak 1991
- Lashaypeak 1992
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.