How Many People Are Named Mellisa?
people named Mellisa are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 78,499 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,575 babies named Mellisa in Social Security records from 1952 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
221 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Mellisa in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Mellisa alive today is about 44 years old, and 86% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 38 and 51 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Mellisa first appears in the records in 1952 and was given most often in 1979, to 221 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1952 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Mellisa has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #740, in 1979.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #740 (1979) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #872 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Mellisa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Mellisa were born in California than in any other state: about 526 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Mellisa was given 2 times as often in Michigan, 1.9 times in California and 1.6 times in Florida.
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