Mellisa

Girl · recorded 1952–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1979best year

Most popular in 1979.

Last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1952

06913819521970198820062024

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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 63 recorded years as a table
Mellisa, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19523
19543
19553
19576
19585
19596
196011
19619
19628
196313
196420
196530
196634
196759
196857
196975
197071
197193
197292
197389
197497
1975102
1976110
1977114
1978114
1979138
1980122
1981126
1982107
1983104
198486
198587
198671
198773
198867
198958
199059
199149
199239
199341
199433
199532
199632
199729
199821
199919
200019
200114
200211
200310
200413
20056
20069
20076
20084
20098
20103
20123
20133
20143
20163
20173
20243

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Mellisa 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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2024
5
Rank in 2024
#15,293
How rare
1 in 324,038 girls
Since 1952
4,575

Mellisa was last recorded in 2024. 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 1979, at 138 per million girls born.

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

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