Malissie — girls' name
449 babies named Malissie in U.S. Social Security records since 1881, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
28% of everyone ever named Malissie was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Malissie in 1915 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Malissie
The Social Security Administration has registered 449 babies named Malissie between 1881 and 1971, spanning 91 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Malissie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Malissie performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 126 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Malissie 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 Malissie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Malissie 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 449 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.
Malissie at a glance
Last recorded 1971Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Malissie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1881
- Peak year (1915)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 91 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1971.
449 total births across 91 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1915 with 17 births in a single year.
Malissie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 126 births that decade — 28% of Malissie's all-time total
Malissie decade highlights
- Peak decade 126 births
- Runner-up 103 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Malissie's strongest decade
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Malissie by state
Where Malissie concentrates geographically — total births since 1881
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 5 | 1.1% |
5 of 449 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 1.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1881–1971 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.