Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Melissa

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

Endangered Down 97.6% from peak

Peak era

1979

Peak rank proxy

34,050

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen X

1880Peak 19792024

Peak year

1979

Decline from peak

97.6%

2024

825

All-time

759,386

Melissa 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 34,050 girls were named Melissa.

In 2024, only 825 girls were given the name.

Down 97.6% from its peak.

All told, about 759,386 Americans have been named Melissa and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.6% from peak

197934,050 girls named Melissa

2024825 girls named Melissa

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