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Melissa

Pronounced /məˈlɪsə/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1980 · #748
Origin
Ancient Greek
Also recorded for girls:825 in 2024 (#376)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No boys were recorded as Melissa in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1980 with 138 babies, ranked #748.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1956.
  • 2,495 boys have been named Melissa since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Melissa per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 102 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,268 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Millennials: 991 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 129 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee, honey, or honeybee”). In Ireland it is sometimes used as a feminine form of the Gaelic male name Maol Íosa (literally “servant of Jesus”).

  • A female given name from Ancient Greek, popular in the latter half of the 20th century.
Origin
Ancient Greek
Say it
/məˈlɪsə/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Melissa, CC BY-SA 4.0.