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.

Melyssa

#4,445 most common girls' name of all time · #7,558 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1965–2023

Rank among girls
#4,445
Rank overall
#7,558 of 105,966
First appeared
1965
Years on the list
59 of 146
All-time
2,023
Since 2016
85
Peak year
1989 #1,309
Best rank
#1,309 1989
Girls Boys peak 121/yr
198020002020

Melyssa first appears in 1965. 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
2023 7 — 7 #12,446
2022 6 — 6 #13,891
2021 6 — 6 #13,781
2020 8 — 8 #11,303
2019 16 — 16 #7,105
2018 11 — 11 #9,312
2017 19 — 19 #6,355
2016 12 — 12 #9,015
2015 19 — 19 #6,529
2014 16 — 16 #7,389
2013 26 — 26 #5,204
2012 15 — 15 #7,911
2011 25 — 25 #5,426
2010 28 — 28 #5,024
2009 34 — 34 #4,408
2008 30 — 30 #4,925
2007 27 — 27 #5,287
2006 41 — 41 #3,750
2005 36 — 36 #3,970
2004 38 — 38 #3,773
2003 34 — 34 #3,983
2002 32 — 32 #4,022
2001 35 — 35 #3,739
2000 34 — 34 #3,769
1999 34 — 34 #3,597
1998 38 — 38 #3,248
1997 56 — 56 #2,379
1996 53 — 53 #2,435
1995 62 — 62 #2,173
1994 59 — 59 #2,245
1993 87 — 87 #1,716
1992 85 — 85 #1,748
1991 105 — 105 #1,500
1990 79 — 79 #1,825
1989 121 — 121 #1,309
1988 104 — 104 #1,373
1987 64 — 64 #1,830
1986 55 — 55 #1,994
1985 42 — 42 #2,389
1984 36 — 36 #2,604
1983 21 — 21 #3,770
1982 21 — 21 #3,865
1981 27 — 27 #3,217
1980 37 — 37 #2,584
1979 47 — 47 #2,141
1978 26 — 26 #3,073
1977 20 — 20 #3,723
1976 21 — 21 #3,379
1975 21 — 21 #3,378
1974 19 — 19 #3,532
1973 18 — 18 #3,602
1972 16 — 16 #3,868
1971 29 — 29 #2,590
1970 14 — 14 #4,218
1969 14 — 14 #3,940
1968 13 — 13 #3,984
1967 7 — 7 #5,970
1966 9 — 9 #4,846
1965 8 — 8 #5,285