Melissia

Girl · recorded 1894–2000

  • 2000last recorded
  • 1968best year

Most popular in 1968.

Last recorded in 2000. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Melissia.

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Its story

Popularity since 1894

0377418941921194719742000

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 55 recorded years as a table
Melissia, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189422
19194
19206
19216
19225
19264
19434
19444
19483
19514
19523
19538
19547
19555
19567
19575
19587
19598
19608
19617
196211
196320
196421
196524
196640
196762
196874
196956
197063
197172
197259
197358
197447
197557
197648
197747
197837
197944
198028
198134
198223
198319
198415
198517
198616
198716
19889
19899
19908
19917
19928
19935
19953
19993
20003

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Melissia isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2000
5
Rank in 2000
#15,031
How rare
1 in 363,207 girls
Since 1894
1,926

Melissia was last recorded in 2000. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1968, at 74 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Melissia doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.