Melissa in New York
Babies in New York
56,858
since 1915
Rank in New York · 2025
#481
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Peak year in New York
1979
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in New York, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Melissa in New York from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | 481 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 42 | 414 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 38 | 450 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 33 | 520 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 48 | 374 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 55 | 312 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 53 | 339 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 66 | 283 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 55 | 343 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 69 | 267 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 76 | 248 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 68 | 277 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 95 | 202 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 110 | 173 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 123 | 153 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 124 | 148 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 147 | 129 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 127 | 151 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 145 | 137 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 177 | 113 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 213 | 83 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 240 | 79 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 265 | 73 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 269 | 70 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 301 | 59 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 351 | 51 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 393 | 50 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 478 | 38 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 574 | 30 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 655 | 27 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 757 | 24 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 907 | 17 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 1,014 | 16 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 1,087 | 14 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 1,287 | 11 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 1,313 | 13 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 1,426 | 12 | 5 | 1,381 |
| 1988 | 1,588 | 9 | 9 | 879 |
| 1987 | 1,679 | 7 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 1,474 | 9 | 9 | 822 |
| 1985 | 1,632 | 7 | 9 | 814 |
| 1984 | 1,766 | 4 | 11 | 693 |
| 1983 | 1,848 | 4 | 5 | 1,118 |
| 1982 | 1,968 | 4 | 8 | 813 |
| 1981 | 2,105 | 3 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 2,338 | 3 | 9 | 773 |
| 1979 | 2,504 | 2 | 7 | 887 |
| 1978 | 2,051 | 3 | 6 | 989 |
| 1977 | 1,893 | 3 | 6 | 988 |
| 1976 | 1,880 | 2 | 7 | 901 |
| 1975 | 1,698 | 3 | 12 | 648 |
| 1974 | 1,541 | 4 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 1,506 | 6 | 5 | 1,046 |
| 1972 | 1,415 | 8 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 1,538 | 7 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 1,567 | 10 | 7 | 890 |
| 1969 | 1,634 | 9 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 1,273 | 18 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 1,122 | 25 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 865 | 39 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 664 | 56 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 480 | 81 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 474 | 85 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 447 | 90 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 322 | 114 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 291 | 128 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 268 | 136 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 254 | 142 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 191 | 167 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 181 | 174 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 192 | 164 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 153 | 187 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 174 | 165 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 102 | 225 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 81 | 242 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 85 | 228 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 58 | 269 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 52 | 280 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 33 | 377 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 14 | 556 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 24 | 377 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 12 | 507 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 16 | 453 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 14 | 483 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 13 | 481 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 10 | 512 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 13 | 439 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 5 | 697 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 8 | 559 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1935 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1934 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1933 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1932 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1931 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1930 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1929 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1928 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1927 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 5 | 702 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1924 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1923 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1922 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1921 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1920 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1919 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1918 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1917 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1916 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 6 | 605 | <5 | — |