Melissa in Iowa
Babies in Iowa
9,780
since 1948
Rank in Iowa · 2025
#492
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Peak year in Iowa
1980
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in Iowa, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Melissa in Iowa from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 492 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 10 | 307 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 6 | 497 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 5 | 581 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 6 | 497 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 9 | 346 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 6 | 500 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 11 | 310 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 12 | 296 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 10 | 325 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 5 | 556 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 8 | 378 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 5 | 540 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 14 | 242 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 9 | 365 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 7 | 425 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 9 | 344 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 14 | 238 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 16 | 195 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 19 | 171 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 23 | 143 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 24 | 141 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 22 | 149 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 17 | 183 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 35 | 97 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 33 | 97 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 43 | 85 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 55 | 64 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 58 | 65 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 71 | 55 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 94 | 42 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 106 | 33 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 132 | 25 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 139 | 24 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 172 | 20 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 177 | 19 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 205 | 16 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 243 | 13 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 293 | 10 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 356 | 7 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 386 | 5 | 5 | 297 |
| 1981 | 436 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 516 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 462 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 444 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 431 | 7 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 370 | 6 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 395 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 349 | 6 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 386 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 332 | 6 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 415 | 6 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 413 | 8 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 332 | 8 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 325 | 9 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 241 | 14 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 214 | 19 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 147 | 40 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 115 | 59 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 97 | 68 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 75 | 94 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 66 | 105 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 55 | 124 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 50 | 132 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 32 | 171 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 30 | 172 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 28 | 179 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 31 | 166 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 31 | 162 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 33 | 155 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 12 | 254 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 17 | 212 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 12 | 248 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 7 | 319 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 5 | 394 | <5 | — |