Melisse
#15,485 most common girls' name of all time · #25,612 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1939–1989
Rank among girls
#15,485
Rank overall
#25,612 of 105,966
First appeared
1939
Years on the list
31 of 146
All-time
273
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1975 #3,840
Best rank
#3,840 1975
Girls
Boys
peak 17/yr
Melisse first appears in 1939. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,143 |
| 1986 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,926 |
| 1985 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,739 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,397 |
| 1983 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1982 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,039 |
| 1981 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,796 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,755 |
| 1979 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,858 |
| 1978 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,034 |
| 1977 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,484 |
| 1976 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,228 |
| 1975 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,840 |
| 1974 | 13 | — | 13 | #4,562 |
| 1973 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,866 |
| 1972 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,238 |
| 1971 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,027 |
| 1970 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,128 |
| 1969 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,549 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,422 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,983 |
| 1965 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,549 |
| 1962 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,598 |
| 1961 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,196 |
| 1960 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,458 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,775 |
| 1956 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,135 |
| 1955 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,267 |
| 1953 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,876 |
| 1952 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,065 |
| 1939 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,923 |