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Mellissa

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1979 · #640
Origin
Ancient Greek

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No girls were recorded as Mellissa in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1979 with 272 babies, ranked #640.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1926.
  • 5,625 girls have been named Mellissa since 1880.

Who else has this name

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

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    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
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    Boomers
  4. 0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
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    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 343 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,845 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,062 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen Z: 352 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 13 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

  • A female given name from Ancient Greek, a nonstandard spelling variant of Melissa.
Origin
Ancient Greek
Say it
Not recorded

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

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyCooling

    Melissa

    Rank
    #376
    Born '24
    825
    Origin
    Ancient Greek
    1880peak 19792024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Melisa

    Rank
    #3,047
    Born '24
    53
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19792024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Mellisa

    Rank
    #16,093
    Born '24
    5
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19792024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Malissa

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19792024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Milissa

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19682024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Melyssa

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19892024