Melissia
Melissia is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 944th, in 1968.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1968121 births
- Best rank
- #944in 1968
- Since 1894
- 1,926people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,926 girls have been named Melissia in the United States since 1894, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1968, with 121 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 121 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1972, and the 1970s alone account for 43%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1968, its biggest year
Melissia was the 944th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1968 were Lisa, Michelle, Kimberly, Jennifer and Melissa. See all of 1968.
Names that rose and fell with Melissia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Wendipeak 1970
- Tonyapeak 1972
- Milissapeak 1968
- Staceypeak 1971
- Angleapeak 1972
- Tijuanapeak 1972
- Jodipeak 1970
- Latoniapeak 1972
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.