Melisa
Rank in 2025
#2933
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
57
girls 57
Peak year
1973
638 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
19,121
since 1948
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Melisa was most popular in 1973, when 638 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.44 per 1,000). In 2025, 57 babies were named Melisa, ranking #2933 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 | 2933 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 53 | 3047 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 54 | 3047 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 51 | 3171 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 53 | 3069 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 44 | 3450 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 67 | 2593 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 69 | 2532 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 74 | 2432 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 73 | 2479 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 69 | 2590 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 83 | 2256 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 110 | 1834 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 126 | 1680 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 132 | 1633 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 129 | 1649 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 134 | 1660 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 153 | 1521 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 163 | 1445 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 189 | 1268 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 188 | 1214 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 253 | 952 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 228 | 1013 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 200 | 1063 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 216 | 993 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 213 | 994 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 196 | 1035 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 214 | 958 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 231 | 878 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 190 | 990 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 197 | 953 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 217 | 885 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 236 | 835 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 266 | 774 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 265 | 776 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 264 | 774 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 272 | 726 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 337 | 595 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 298 | 636 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 328 | 587 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 379 | 526 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 376 | 516 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 385 | 504 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 428 | 484 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 516 | 421 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 566 | 405 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 661 | 350 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 554 | 380 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 553 | 382 | 5 | 5845 |
| 1976 | 546 | 377 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 548 | 379 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 618 | 350 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 638 | 341 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 633 | 351 | 5 | 4986 |
| 1971 | 583 | 388 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 556 | 410 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 527 | 419 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 578 | 383 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 482 | 426 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 387 | 477 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 372 | 494 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 276 | 600 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 261 | 623 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 216 | 702 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 157 | 843 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 140 | 877 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 118 | 971 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 101 | 1041 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 71 | 1246 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 51 | 1480 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 36 | 1733 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 25 | 2122 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 27 | 1973 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 25 | 2023 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 13 | 2937 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 6 | 4738 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 5 | 5244 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 5 | 5243 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years