Mellissa

Mellissa peaked in the US in 1979 at #639, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.

Mellissa as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Mellissa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020
Mellissa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2018#15,682 (5)————
2016#11,781 (8)————
2015—#4,736 (4)———
2013—#5,742 (3)———
2012#14,962 (6)#4,838 (4)———
2011#10,374 (10)————
2010#8,701 (13)#4,688 (4)———
2009#9,975 (11)#2,759 (8)———
2008#7,408 (17)#3,397 (6)———
2007#7,394 (17)#3,667 (5)———
2006#5,906 (22)#1,983 (11)———
2005#7,500 (15)#3,382 (5)——#2,223 (7)
2004#5,969 (20)#3,197 (5)———
2003#5,586 (21)#2,191 (8)———
2002#4,381 (28)#1,442 (13)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1979 at #639.
  • First recorded in the US in 1926.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MellissaCanadaGirls—too few
MellissaEngland & WalesGirls—too few
MellissaIrelandGirls—too few
MellissaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MellissaScotlandGirls—too few
MellissaUSGirls—too few