Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Melissa

#29 most common girls' name of all time · #74 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#29
Rank overall
#74 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
762,623
Since 2016
9,319
Peak year
1979 #2
Best rank
#2 1977
Girls Boys peak 34,179/yr
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Melissa is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 747 — 747 #419
2024 826 — 826 #379
2023 744 — 744 #411
2022 823 — 823 #379
2021 836 — 836 #372
2020 887 — 887 #349
2019 933 — 933 #340
2018 1,117 — 1,117 #299
2017 1,170 — 1,170 #275
2016 1,236 — 1,236 #260
2015 1,283 5 1,288 #253
2014 1,509 — 1,509 #224
2013 1,592 — 1,592 #202
2012 1,772 — 1,772 #178
2011 1,709 — 1,709 #184
2010 1,951 — 1,951 #156
2009 2,338 — 2,338 #137
2008 2,517 7 2,524 #134
2007 2,505 6 2,511 #137
2006 2,893 5 2,898 #117
2005 3,085 11 3,096 #104
2004 3,339 7 3,346 #98
2003 3,502 8 3,510 #96
2002 3,769 8 3,777 #80
2001 4,145 12 4,157 #74
2000 4,532 8 4,540 #71
1999 4,830 18 4,848 #64
1998 5,354 19 5,373 #59
1997 6,679 20 6,699 #44
1996 7,170 15 7,185 #42
1995 7,879 21 7,900 #35
1994 8,795 25 8,820 #31
1993 10,225 32 10,257 #30
1992 11,710 39 11,749 #24
1991 13,348 27 13,375 #20
1990 14,000 49 14,049 #20
1989 15,203 77 15,280 #19
1988 16,546 73 16,619 #16
1987 17,674 74 17,748 #13
1986 17,667 84 17,751 #12
1985 19,963 85 20,048 #11
1984 21,896 83 21,979 #8
1983 23,475 101 23,576 #6
1982 25,864 109 25,973 #5
1981 28,005 97 28,102 #5
1980 31,629 138 31,767 #4
1979 34,050 129 34,179 #2
1978 28,327 101 28,428 #2
1977 26,879 92 26,971 #2
1976 25,094 88 25,182 #3
1975 24,168 92 24,260 #4
1974 22,166 86 22,252 #7
1973 22,479 77 22,556 #6
1972 22,494 84 22,578 #7
1971 23,875 75 23,950 #7
1970 23,735 70 23,805 #7
1969 23,018 69 23,087 #5
1968 21,733 61 21,794 #5
1967 18,377 43 18,420 #9
1966 14,254 37 14,291 #22
1965 10,563 26 10,589 #38
1964 8,318 18 8,336 #53
1963 7,321 25 7,346 #61
1962 6,306 10 6,316 #68
1961 4,900 9 4,909 #95
1960 4,412 9 4,421 #109
1959 3,627 11 3,638 #127
1958 3,323 11 3,334 #130
1957 2,780 — 2,780 #147
1956 2,527 9 2,536 #150
1955 2,416 — 2,416 #149
1954 2,062 — 2,062 #170
1953 2,007 — 2,007 #163
1952 1,442 — 1,442 #201
1951 1,129 — 1,129 #229
1950 980 — 980 #240
1949 778 — 778 #276
1948 600 — 600 #317
1947 319 — 319 #460
1946 198 — 198 #566
1945 186 — 186 #533
1944 177 — 177 #542
1943 189 — 189 #545
1942 154 — 154 #599
1941 141 — 141 #592
1940 95 — 95 #714
1939 116 — 116 #628
1938 85 — 85 #750
1937 90 — 90 #717
1936 56 — 56 #909
1935 63 — 63 #866
1934 43 — 43 #1,063
1933 51 — 51 #959
1932 62 — 62 #891
1931 43 — 43 #1,074
1930 57 — 57 #972
1929 42 — 42 #1,138
1928 43 — 43 #1,163
1927 44 — 44 #1,161
1926 46 — 46 #1,115
1925 55 — 55 #1,008
1924 53 — 53 #1,069
1923 50 — 50 #1,076
1922 68 — 68 #888
1921 66 — 66 #914
1920 59 — 59 #949
1919 49 — 49 #1,026
1918 63 — 63 #900
1917 54 — 54 #945
1916 64 — 64 #848
1915 67 — 67 #802
1914 52 — 52 #802
1913 47 — 47 #767
1912 42 — 42 #770
1911 31 — 31 #778
1910 47 — 47 #611
1909 33 — 33 #691
1908 27 — 27 #742
1907 38 — 38 #601
1906 22 — 22 #776
1905 30 — 30 #642
1904 24 — 24 #710
1903 35 — 35 #549
1902 40 — 40 #502
1901 34 — 34 #521
1900 40 — 40 #532
1899 47 — 47 #424
1898 35 — 35 #527
1897 35 — 35 #491
1896 30 — 30 #553
1895 41 — 41 #440
1894 52 — 52 #391
1893 53 — 53 #370
1892 34 — 34 #466
1891 30 — 30 #471
1890 42 — 42 #386
1889 46 — 46 #353
1888 40 — 40 #380
1887 34 — 34 #368
1886 58 — 58 #275
1885 45 — 45 #299
1884 48 — 48 #278
1883 42 — 42 #274
1882 41 — 41 #276
1881 40 — 40 #254
1880 33 — 33 #274