Feminine dossier · first seen 1948

Melisa

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Melisa
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 92% from peak

Peak era

1979

Peak rank proxy

661

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1948Peak 19792024

Peak year

1979

Decline from peak

92%

2024

All-time

19,054

Melisa once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1979, when 661 girls were named Melisa.

In 2024, only 53 girls were given the name.

Down 92% from its peak.

All told, about 19,054 Americans have been named Melisa and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1948.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 92% from peak

1979661 girls named Melisa

202453 girls named Melisa

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