NameTides

Melissa

Melissa was the #419 girls' name in the US in 2025 (747 babies), and #321 in England & Wales and #355 in Canada.

Melissa as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Melissa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.752518801900192019401960198020002020IrelandCanadaEngland & WalesUSScotland
Melissa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.75251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#419 (747)#321 (136)#474 (6)—#173 (27)#355 (87)—
2024#379 (826)#280 (160)#541 (5)—#342 (11)#318 (97)—
2023#411 (744)#240 (189)#365 (9)#328 (4)#202 (22)#428 (68)—
2022#379 (823)#267 (171)#324 (10)#266 (6)#164 (32)#408 (74)—
2021#372 (836)#254 (188)#558 (5)#223 (8)#160 (30)#388 (83)—
2020#349 (887)#237 (197)#471 (6)#281 (5)#255 (17)#387 (81)—
2019#340 (933)#283 (173)#267 (14)—#247 (19)#394 (82)—
2018#299 (1,117)#222 (229)#255 (15)#361 (4)#235 (20)#346 (95)—
2017#274 (1,170)#227 (224)#220 (20)#355 (4)#205 (25)#376 (88)—
2016#260 (1,236)#219 (239)#240 (17)#229 (8)#316 (14)#316 (106)—
2015#253 (1,283)#224 (230)#210 (21)#269 (6)#264 (19)#250 (131)—
2014#224 (1,509)#221 (232)#191 (24)#247 (7)#264 (19)#265 (125)—
2013#202 (1,592)#229 (219)#144 (32)#234 (8)#241 (22)#315 (104)—
2012#178 (1,772)#192 (266)#146 (32)#136 (15)#164 (36)#226 (146)—
2011#184 (1,709)#197 (260)#104 (44)#160 (13)#166 (36)#235 (137)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1979 at #2.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,200 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 780common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Melissa is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,000 to 1 in 2,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Melissa by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #391WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #313WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #459MNIllinois: #417ILMichigan: #690MINew York: #481NYMassachusetts: #183MAOregon: #320ORNevada: #214NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #492IAIndiana: #542INOhio: #531OHPennsylvania: #515PANew Jersey: #535NJConnecticut: #298CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #207CAUtah: #490UTColorado: #456CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #728MOKentucky: #498KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #704VAMaryland: #600MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #317AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #532TNNorth Carolina: #510NCSouth Carolina: #403SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #546OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #520ALGeorgia: #452GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #377TXFlorida: #358FL
Melissa (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#33937
Quebec2025#36214

Melissa (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MelissaCanadaGirls#35587
MelissaCanadaBoys—too few
MelissaEngland & WalesGirls#321136
MelissaIrelandGirls#17327
MelissaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MelissaNSWGirls—too few
MelissaScotlandGirls#4746
MelissaUSGirls#419747
MelissaUSBoys—too few