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.

Mellissa

#2,298 most common girls' name of all time · #3,909 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1926–2018

Rank among girls
#2,298
Rank overall
#3,909 of 105,966
First appeared
1926
Years on the list
67 of 146
All-time
5,625
Since 2016
13
Peak year
1979 #640
Best rank
#640 1979
Girls Boys peak 272/yr
1940196019802000

Mellissa first appears in 1926. 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
2018 5 — 5 #15,940
2016 8 — 8 #11,918
2012 6 — 6 #15,178
2011 10 — 10 #10,472
2010 13 — 13 #8,777
2009 11 — 11 #10,068
2008 17 — 17 #7,471
2007 17 — 17 #7,457
2006 22 — 22 #5,955
2005 15 — 15 #7,554
2004 20 — 20 #6,014
2003 21 — 21 #5,628
2002 28 — 28 #4,403
2001 25 — 25 #4,718
2000 25 — 25 #4,680
1999 36 — 36 #3,461
1998 44 — 44 #2,943
1997 42 — 42 #2,892
1996 60 — 60 #2,238
1995 67 — 67 #2,033
1994 62 — 62 #2,174
1993 70 — 70 #1,989
1992 96 — 96 #1,608
1991 98 — 98 #1,568
1990 129 — 129 #1,269
1989 117 — 117 #1,331
1988 146 — 146 #1,081
1987 144 — 144 #1,067
1986 135 — 135 #1,100
1985 185 — 185 #866
1984 155 — 155 #946
1983 173 — 173 #877
1982 197 — 197 #809
1981 228 — 228 #725
1980 250 — 250 #691
1979 272 — 272 #640
1978 218 — 218 #725
1977 230 — 230 #681
1976 169 — 169 #824
1975 171 — 171 #805
1974 166 — 166 #813
1973 175 — 175 #770
1972 172 — 172 #795
1971 157 — 157 #861
1970 191 — 191 #764
1969 173 — 173 #779
1968 172 — 172 #759
1967 147 — 147 #831
1966 113 — 113 #958
1965 69 — 69 #1,316
1964 50 — 50 #1,621
1963 50 — 50 #1,616
1962 33 — 33 #2,057
1961 39 — 39 #1,858
1960 28 — 28 #2,233
1959 26 — 26 #2,273
1958 20 — 20 #2,628
1957 16 — 16 #2,993
1956 20 — 20 #2,587
1955 11 — 11 #3,701
1954 12 — 12 #3,429
1953 13 — 13 #3,217
1952 7 — 7 #4,730
1951 11 — 11 #3,404
1950 7 — 7 #4,573
1943 5 — 5 #5,164
1926 5 — 5 #5,593