Melisa
#1,079 most common girls' name of all time · #1,916 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1948–2025
Rank among girls
#1,079
Rank overall
#1,916 of 105,966
First appeared
1948
Years on the list
78 of 146
All-time
19,121
Since 2016
595
Peak year
1979 #351
Best rank
#343 1973
Girls
Boys
peak 661/yr
Melisa first appears in 1948. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 | — | 57 | #2,940 |
| 2024 | 53 | — | 53 | #3,057 |
| 2023 | 54 | — | 54 | #3,060 |
| 2022 | 51 | — | 51 | #3,179 |
| 2021 | 53 | — | 53 | #3,084 |
| 2020 | 44 | — | 44 | #3,473 |
| 2019 | 67 | — | 67 | #2,605 |
| 2018 | 69 | — | 69 | #2,542 |
| 2017 | 74 | — | 74 | #2,444 |
| 2016 | 73 | — | 73 | #2,487 |
| 2015 | 69 | — | 69 | #2,602 |
| 2014 | 83 | — | 83 | #2,260 |
| 2013 | 110 | — | 110 | #1,844 |
| 2012 | 126 | — | 126 | #1,681 |
| 2011 | 132 | — | 132 | #1,635 |
| 2010 | 129 | — | 129 | #1,652 |
| 2009 | 134 | — | 134 | #1,666 |
| 2008 | 153 | — | 153 | #1,524 |
| 2007 | 163 | — | 163 | #1,448 |
| 2006 | 189 | — | 189 | #1,272 |
| 2005 | 188 | — | 188 | #1,215 |
| 2004 | 253 | — | 253 | #954 |
| 2003 | 228 | — | 228 | #1,015 |
| 2002 | 200 | — | 200 | #1,065 |
| 2001 | 216 | — | 216 | #994 |
| 2000 | 213 | — | 213 | #994 |
| 1999 | 196 | — | 196 | #1,040 |
| 1998 | 214 | — | 214 | #960 |
| 1997 | 231 | — | 231 | #881 |
| 1996 | 190 | — | 190 | #994 |
| 1995 | 197 | — | 197 | #958 |
| 1994 | 217 | — | 217 | #885 |
| 1993 | 236 | — | 236 | #836 |
| 1992 | 266 | — | 266 | #775 |
| 1991 | 265 | — | 265 | #776 |
| 1990 | 264 | — | 264 | #775 |
| 1989 | 272 | — | 272 | #728 |
| 1988 | 337 | — | 337 | #595 |
| 1987 | 298 | — | 298 | #637 |
| 1986 | 328 | — | 328 | #588 |
| 1985 | 379 | — | 379 | #526 |
| 1984 | 376 | — | 376 | #517 |
| 1983 | 385 | — | 385 | #504 |
| 1982 | 428 | — | 428 | #484 |
| 1981 | 516 | — | 516 | #421 |
| 1980 | 566 | — | 566 | #405 |
| 1979 | 661 | — | 661 | #351 |
| 1978 | 554 | — | 554 | #380 |
| 1977 | 553 | 5 | 558 | #383 |
| 1976 | 546 | — | 546 | #377 |
| 1975 | 548 | — | 548 | #379 |
| 1974 | 618 | — | 618 | #351 |
| 1973 | 638 | — | 638 | #343 |
| 1972 | 633 | 5 | 638 | #351 |
| 1971 | 583 | — | 583 | #388 |
| 1970 | 556 | — | 556 | #410 |
| 1969 | 527 | — | 527 | #421 |
| 1968 | 578 | — | 578 | #383 |
| 1967 | 482 | — | 482 | #427 |
| 1966 | 387 | — | 387 | #478 |
| 1965 | 372 | — | 372 | #495 |
| 1964 | 276 | — | 276 | #603 |
| 1963 | 261 | — | 261 | #625 |
| 1962 | 216 | — | 216 | #704 |
| 1961 | 157 | — | 157 | #844 |
| 1960 | 140 | — | 140 | #884 |
| 1959 | 118 | — | 118 | #977 |
| 1958 | 101 | — | 101 | #1,044 |
| 1957 | 71 | — | 71 | #1,253 |
| 1956 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,504 |
| 1955 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,771 |
| 1954 | 25 | — | 25 | #2,185 |
| 1953 | 27 | — | 27 | #2,015 |
| 1952 | 25 | — | 25 | #2,073 |
| 1951 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,101 |
| 1950 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,237 |
| 1949 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,945 |
| 1948 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,003 |