Feminine dossier · first seen 1965

Melyssa

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

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1989

Peak era

1989

Peak rank proxy

121

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Millennial

1965Peak 19892024

Peak year

1989

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

2,023

Melyssa 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 1989, when 121 girls were named Melyssa.

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 2,023 Americans have been named Melyssa and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1965.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1989

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