Melissa Girls

The U.S. popularity history of Melissa: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 760,128 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

760,128

Peak year

1979 #2

Years on the list

146

10-year trend

-25.6%

In the 1970s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	1,709	#184
2012	1,772	#178
2013	1,592	#202
2014	1,509	#224
2015	1,283	#253
2016	1,236	#260
2017	1,170	#275
2018	1,117	#299
2019	933	#340
2020	887	#349
2021	836	#372
2022	823	#379
2023	744	#411
2024	826	#379
2025	747	#420

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1979

3,006

2,504

2,257

1,919

1,732

1,676

Names from the same era

Monica · 1979 Janelle · 1979 Mindy · 1979 Trisha · 1979 Shauna · 1979 Brianne · 1979 Melisa · 1979 Latisha · 1979 Elissa · 1979 Janna · 1979

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