How Many People Are Named Mellissa?
people named Mellissa are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 64,269 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,625 babies named Mellissa in Social Security records from 1926 to 2018, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
272 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Mellissa in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Mellissa alive today is about 45 years old, and 85% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 39 and 53 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Mellissa first appears in the records in 1926 and was given most often in 1979, to 272 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2018.
Babies given the name each year, 1926 to 2018
🏆 Rank History
Mellissa has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #641, in 1979.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #641 (1979) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #768 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Mellissa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Mellissa were born in California than in any other state: about 611 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Mellissa was given 1.9 times as often in Florida, 1.8 times in Massachusetts and 1.7 times in Michigan.
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