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.

Melissia

#4,573 most common girls' name of all time · #7,780 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1894–2000

Rank among girls
#4,573
Rank overall
#7,780 of 105,966
First appeared
1894
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
1,926
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1968 #940
Best rank
#940 1968
Girls Boys peak 121/yr
190019201940196019802000

Melissia first appears in 1894. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2000 5 — 5 #15,114
1999 6 — 6 #12,762
1995 5 — 5 #13,499
1993 9 — 9 #8,772
1992 14 — 14 #6,351
1991 14 — 14 #6,269
1990 16 — 16 #5,579
1989 17 — 17 #5,077
1988 16 — 16 #5,103
1987 28 — 28 #3,262
1986 28 — 28 #3,212
1985 29 — 29 #3,094
1984 25 — 25 #3,347
1983 31 — 31 #2,799
1982 39 — 39 #2,459
1981 57 — 57 #1,893
1980 47 — 47 #2,161
1979 71 — 71 #1,599
1978 56 — 56 #1,807
1977 72 — 72 #1,516
1976 70 — 70 #1,482
1975 83 — 83 #1,317
1974 69 — 69 #1,449
1973 85 — 85 #1,236
1972 90 — 90 #1,197
1971 120 — 120 #1,027
1970 111 — 111 #1,081
1969 94 — 94 #1,148
1968 121 — 121 #940
1967 102 — 102 #1,021
1966 68 — 68 #1,315
1965 43 — 43 #1,725
1964 39 — 39 #1,904
1963 38 — 38 #1,902
1962 21 — 21 #2,689
1961 15 — 15 #3,350
1960 17 — 17 #3,015
1959 16 — 16 #3,010
1958 15 — 15 #3,126
1957 10 — 10 #3,977
1956 14 — 14 #3,236
1955 10 — 10 #3,840
1954 13 — 13 #3,200
1953 15 — 15 #2,853
1952 5 — 5 #5,675
1951 7 — 7 #4,465
1948 5 — 5 #5,369
1944 5 — 5 #4,700
1943 5 — 5 #4,813
1926 5 — 5 #4,985
1922 6 — 6 #4,561
1921 7 — 7 #4,105
1920 7 — 7 #4,079
1919 5 — 5 #4,918
1894 5 — 5 #1,691