Melissia
Last seen for girls in 2000 at #15,031
- Peak · girls
- 1968 · 121 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,926since 1894
Melissia over time
Rank among girls' names. Melissia has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 |
| 1998 | — | |
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| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 |
| 1991 | #6,253 | 14 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 |
| 1987 | #3,257 | 28 |
| 1986 | #3,203 | 28 |
| 1985 | #3,084 | 29 |
| 1984 | #3,329 | 25 |
| 1983 | #2,783 | 31 |
| 1982 | #2,451 | 39 |
| 1981 | #1,887 | 57 |
| 1980 | #2,154 | 47 |
| 1979 | #1,596 | 71 |
| 1978 | #1,804 | 56 |
| 1977 | #1,514 | 72 |
| 1976 | #1,482 | 70 |
| 1975 | #1,316 | 83 |
| 1974 | #1,448 | 69 |
| 1973 | #1,231 | 85 |
| 1972 | #1,192 | 90 |
| 1971 | #1,026 | 120 |
| 1970 | #1,080 | 111 |
| 1969 | #1,148 | 94 |
| 1968 | #939 | 121 |
| 1967 | #1,020 | 102 |
| 1966 | #1,312 | 68 |
| 1965 | #1,715 | 43 |
| 1964 | #1,892 | 39 |
| 1963 | #1,894 | 38 |
| 1962 | #2,668 | 21 |
| 1961 | #3,318 | 15 |
| 1960 | #2,989 | 17 |
| 1959 | #2,980 | 16 |
| 1958 | #3,085 | 15 |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 |
| 1954 | #3,157 | 13 |
| 1953 | #2,812 | 15 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 |
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| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 |
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| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 |
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| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 |
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| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Melissia! It came in at #1,485, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1894–1919, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Melissia
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2000
- Biggest jump: 81 spots in 1968 (#1,020 → #939)
- Biggest drop: 209 spots in 1969 (#939 → #1,148)
- Debuted 1894
- Peaked 1968 at #939 (121 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1968
- Highest: 1 in 13,557 girls born in 1968 were named Melissia (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 363,207 girls born in 2000 (0.00%)
- 42.9% of all girls named Melissia (827) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,485 (1894) | #1,485 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 5 | #4,814 (1919) | #4,814 |
| 1920s | 25 | #3,957 (1920) | #4,319 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 15 | #4,574 (1944) | #4,836 |
| 1950s | 105 | #2,812 (1953) | #3,653 |
| 1960s | 558 | #939 (1968) | #1,890 |
| 1970s | 827 | #1,026 (1971) | #1,369 |
| 1980s | 317 | #1,887 (1981) | #3,226 |
| 1990s | 64 | #5,549 (1990) | #8,818 |
| 2000s | 5 | #15,031 (2000) | #15,031 |
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.
Melissia in 1966
Top girls' names in 1966
More about 1966
girls
1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 24,885 of them was named Melissia, which outranked 82.8% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,304Terra69
- #1,304Tracye69
- #1,304Twana69
- #1,312Melissia68
- #1,312Araceli68
- #1,312Bettie68
- #1,312Beverley68
- #1,320Alyce67
- #1,320Bernita67
- #1,320Britt67
Tied with 7 names at #1,312; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.