Melissa in California
Babies in California
86,923
since 1938
Rank in California · 2025
#207
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Peak year in California
1979
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in California, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Melissa in California from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 160 | 207 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 163 | 205 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 146 | 232 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 168 | 202 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 175 | 196 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 206 | 155 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 237 | 146 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 286 | 127 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 275 | 137 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 317 | 126 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 310 | 132 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 419 | 98 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 428 | 90 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 504 | 76 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 469 | 85 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 539 | 72 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 661 | 54 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 659 | 60 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 682 | 60 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 785 | 51 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 835 | 46 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 921 | 41 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 962 | 34 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 1,046 | 32 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 1,154 | 28 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 1,156 | 26 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 1,254 | 23 | 7 | 1,676 |
| 1998 | 1,360 | 20 | 7 | 1,651 |
| 1997 | 1,732 | 14 | 5 | 2,084 |
| 1996 | 1,731 | 14 | 10 | 1,314 |
| 1995 | 1,771 | 13 | 11 | 1,227 |
| 1994 | 1,880 | 15 | 15 | 1,024 |
| 1993 | 2,136 | 13 | 10 | 1,347 |
| 1992 | 2,297 | 12 | 23 | 810 |
| 1991 | 2,581 | 9 | 8 | 1,583 |
| 1990 | 2,443 | 11 | 21 | 829 |
| 1989 | 2,462 | 11 | 13 | 1,091 |
| 1988 | 2,535 | 9 | 14 | 982 |
| 1987 | 2,534 | 8 | 18 | 799 |
| 1986 | 2,425 | 8 | 9 | 1,189 |
| 1985 | 2,500 | 7 | 13 | 904 |
| 1984 | 2,557 | 5 | 15 | 801 |
| 1983 | 2,622 | 4 | 18 | 715 |
| 1982 | 2,732 | 4 | 15 | 789 |
| 1981 | 2,845 | 3 | 8 | 1,142 |
| 1980 | 2,985 | 2 | 13 | 835 |
| 1979 | 3,006 | 2 | 17 | 708 |
| 1978 | 2,450 | 2 | 12 | 806 |
| 1977 | 2,191 | 4 | 6 | 1,182 |
| 1976 | 1,901 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 1,702 | 6 | 8 | 961 |
| 1974 | 1,520 | 8 | 6 | 1,087 |
| 1973 | 1,447 | 8 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 1,288 | 13 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 1,297 | 17 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 1,366 | 16 | 5 | 1,207 |
| 1969 | 1,331 | 18 | 5 | 1,158 |
| 1968 | 1,217 | 21 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 980 | 31 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 755 | 45 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 648 | 55 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 516 | 77 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 541 | 72 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 448 | 90 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 359 | 114 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 324 | 123 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 278 | 138 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 264 | 140 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 227 | 151 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 221 | 147 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 240 | 130 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 187 | 155 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 200 | 145 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 170 | 158 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 107 | 186 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 113 | 175 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 90 | 200 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 70 | 242 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 25 | 436 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 19 | 473 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 15 | 482 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 15 | 469 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 12 | 538 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 11 | 510 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 9 | 516 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1939 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 6 | 564 | <5 | — |