Feminine dossier · first seen 1926

Mellissa

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

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1979

Peak era

1979

Peak rank proxy

272

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Gen X

1926Peak 19792024

Peak year

1979

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

5,625

Mellissa is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1979, when 272 girls were named Mellissa.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 5,625 Americans have been named Mellissa and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1926.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1979

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