Malissia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Malissia

The Social Security Administration has registered 485 babies named Malissia between 1887 and 1991, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Malissia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Malissia performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Malissia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Malissia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Malissia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 485 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.