Mellisa
#2,617 most common girls' name of all time · #4,461 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1952–2024
Rank among girls
#2,617
Rank overall
#4,461 of 105,966
First appeared
1952
Years on the list
63 of 146
All-time
4,575
Since 2016
16
Peak year
1979 #741
Best rank
#741 1979
Girls
Boys
peak 221/yr
Mellisa first appears in 1952. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,644 |
| 2017 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,223 |
| 2016 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,600 |
| 2014 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,902 |
| 2013 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,842 |
| 2012 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,261 |
| 2010 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,323 |
| 2009 | 15 | — | 15 | #8,141 |
| 2008 | 7 | — | 7 | #14,067 |
| 2007 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,642 |
| 2006 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,208 |
| 2005 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,994 |
| 2004 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,427 |
| 2003 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,113 |
| 2002 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,958 |
| 2001 | 26 | — | 26 | #4,599 |
| 2000 | 34 | — | 34 | #3,764 |
| 1999 | 33 | — | 33 | #3,667 |
| 1998 | 37 | — | 37 | #3,319 |
| 1997 | 51 | — | 51 | #2,532 |
| 1996 | 56 | — | 56 | #2,348 |
| 1995 | 56 | — | 56 | #2,355 |
| 1994 | 59 | — | 59 | #2,243 |
| 1993 | 74 | — | 74 | #1,907 |
| 1992 | 71 | — | 71 | #1,957 |
| 1991 | 92 | — | 92 | #1,634 |
| 1990 | 112 | — | 112 | #1,416 |
| 1989 | 107 | — | 107 | #1,400 |
| 1988 | 120 | — | 120 | #1,244 |
| 1987 | 127 | — | 127 | #1,160 |
| 1986 | 122 | — | 122 | #1,168 |
| 1985 | 149 | — | 149 | #1,017 |
| 1984 | 145 | — | 145 | #1,000 |
| 1983 | 174 | — | 174 | #873 |
| 1982 | 182 | — | 182 | #856 |
| 1981 | 211 | — | 211 | #777 |
| 1980 | 202 | — | 202 | #804 |
| 1979 | 221 | — | 221 | #741 |
| 1978 | 174 | — | 174 | #853 |
| 1977 | 175 | — | 175 | #848 |
| 1976 | 161 | — | 161 | #850 |
| 1975 | 148 | — | 148 | #894 |
| 1974 | 142 | — | 142 | #898 |
| 1973 | 130 | — | 130 | #940 |
| 1972 | 140 | — | 140 | #900 |
| 1971 | 154 | — | 154 | #874 |
| 1970 | 124 | — | 124 | #1,010 |
| 1969 | 127 | — | 127 | #950 |
| 1968 | 94 | — | 94 | #1,108 |
| 1967 | 98 | — | 98 | #1,045 |
| 1966 | 58 | — | 58 | #1,462 |
| 1965 | 53 | — | 53 | #1,545 |
| 1964 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,945 |
| 1963 | 26 | — | 26 | #2,416 |
| 1962 | 15 | — | 15 | #3,415 |
| 1961 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,943 |
| 1960 | 23 | — | 23 | #2,570 |
| 1959 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,798 |
| 1958 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,913 |
| 1957 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,675 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,723 |
| 1954 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,670 |
| 1952 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,546 |