Malissa

#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births

Peak · girls
#342
1880 · 22 births
Debut · girls
1880
22 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,866
since 1880

Malissa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Malissa has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #342, 1880girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#10,9178
2024—
2023#12,1977
2022#15,3065
2021#13,4646
2020#11,0908
2019#15,5395
2018#7,76214
2017#14,1246
2016#8,87512
2015#9,48111
2014#7,30216
2013#8,58013
2012#12,1998
2011#7,43616
2010#9,23112
2009#6,54420
2008#4,64732
2007#4,56732
2006#4,95328
2005#4,37331
2004#4,49230
2003#4,30730
2002#3,97832
2001#3,94032
2000#3,66435
1999#3,04843
1998#2,49855
1997#2,15864
1996#2,10665
1995#2,21660
1994#1,59495
1993#1,438112
1992#1,305129
1991#1,290129
1990#1,146150
1989#1,091153
1988#1,025158
1987#1,044148
1986#941169
1985#929170
1984#841183
1983#860177
1982#776211
1981#722228
1980#792207
1979#588307
1978#660244
1977#643258
1976#662231
1975#657231
1974#649234
1973#570288
1972#547305
1971#592294
1970#630265
1969#612268
1968#600258
1967#642221
1966#728183
1965#894126
1964#1,12595
1963#1,20183
1962#1,40762
1961#1,49956
1960#1,56151
1959#1,98532
1958#1,76238
1957#1,57047
1956#1,76036
1955#2,34122
1954#2,29522
1953#2,23622
1952#2,12623
1951#1,74031
1950#2,18520
1949#2,41017
1948#2,58915
1947#1,99324
1946#2,22818
1945#2,91610
1944#3,3788
1943#2,25116
1942#2,11717
1941#3,9546
1940#1,90018
1939#2,03816
1938#4,3425
1937#2,44812
1936#3,3767
1935#2,20614
1934#3,1598
1933#2,68810
1932#2,13015
1931#2,30713
1930#1,74821
1929#1,89219
1928#2,09417
1927#1,61926
1926#1,66725
1925#2,11918
1924#1,22742
1923#1,52029
1922#1,53629
1921#1,43732
1920#1,55028
1919#1,42330
1918#1,49728
1917#1,60523
1916#1,48525
1915#1,52323
1914#1,00335
1913#1,17622
1912#1,03225
1911#1,07117
1910#91422
1909#1,10414
1908#1,04415
1907#79022
1906#81820
1905#76123
1904#80520
1903#93114
1902#68824
1901#88114
1900#63930
1899#75618
1898#1,00912
1897#76117
1896#62125
1895#62224
1894#69718
1893#64420
1892#61621
1891#64417
1890#57820
1889#51624
1888#63616
1887#53717
1886#47621
1885#41325
1884#58313
1883#37524
1882#7407
1881#41816
1880#34222
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Malissa was already there! It came in at #342, and was given to 22 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 2024, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Malissa
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 173 spots since 2020 (#11,090 → #10,917)
  • 1,436 spots since 2015 (#9,481 → #10,917)
  • Biggest jump: 365 spots in 1883 (#740 → #375)
  • Biggest drop: 322 spots in 1882 (#418 → #740)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #342 (22 births)
  • Births halved by 1882, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 50 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1965–1986
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,136
  • Highest: 1 in 4,136 girls born in 1880 were named Malissa (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 30.0% of all girls named Malissa (2,657) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s185#342 (1880)#504
1890s192#578 (1890)#695
1900s196#639 (1900)#846
1910s250#914 (1910)#1,273
1920s265#1,227 (1924)#1,666
1930s121#1,748 (1930)#2,644
1940s149#1,900 (1940)#2,574
1950s293#1,570 (1957)#2,000
1960s1,403#600 (1968)#1,027
1970s2,657#547 (1972)#620
1980s1,804#722 (1981)#902
1990s902#1,146 (1990)#1,880
2000s302#3,664 (2000)#4,547
2010s113#7,302 (2014)#10,053
2020s34#10,917 (2025)#12,595

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Malissa in 1968

girls
#600
258 births · 1 in 6,358 girls

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #600Malissa258
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 6,358 of them was named Malissa, which outranked 92.7% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Malissa
  1. #597Clarissa260
  2. #598Gabrielle259
  3. #598Jayne259
  4. #600Malissa258
  5. #601Maxine257
  6. #602Robbin256
  7. #603Dayna255
Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,132Coretta#3,656 → #524
  2. ↑ 1,257Tamika#1,980 → #723
  3. ↑ 1,150Tamiko#1,702 → #552
  4. ↑ 607Chantel#1,348 → #741
  5. ↑ 490Chantal#1,441 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 602Wende#857 → #1,459
  2. ↓ 545Zina#959 → #1,504
  3. ↓ 341Evonne#970 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 294Portia#902 → #1,196
  5. ↓ 285Mariann#973 → #1,258

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1968 →