Melessa
#11,020 most common girls' name of all time · #18,296 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1954–1992
Rank among girls
#11,020
Rank overall
#18,296 of 105,966
First appeared
1954
Years on the list
36 of 146
All-time
502
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1976 #2,766
Best rank
#2,737 1965
Girls
Boys
peak 28/yr
Melessa first appears in 1954. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,745 |
| 1991 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,638 |
| 1990 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,714 |
| 1989 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,263 |
| 1988 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,819 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,614 |
| 1984 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,506 |
| 1983 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,979 |
| 1982 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,069 |
| 1981 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,833 |
| 1980 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,672 |
| 1979 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,141 |
| 1978 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,006 |
| 1977 | 23 | — | 23 | #3,331 |
| 1976 | 28 | — | 28 | #2,766 |
| 1975 | 25 | — | 25 | #2,936 |
| 1974 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,153 |
| 1973 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,275 |
| 1972 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,034 |
| 1971 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,740 |
| 1970 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,826 |
| 1969 | 22 | — | 22 | #2,900 |
| 1968 | 18 | — | 18 | #3,155 |
| 1967 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,186 |
| 1966 | 15 | — | 15 | #3,381 |
| 1965 | 21 | — | 21 | #2,737 |
| 1964 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,057 |
| 1963 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,987 |
| 1962 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,760 |
| 1961 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,501 |
| 1960 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,900 |
| 1959 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,021 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,979 |
| 1955 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,586 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,565 |