Mallissa — girls' name
128 babies named Mallissa in U.S. Social Security records since 1924, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Mallissa was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Mallissa in 1973 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mallissa
The Social Security Administration has registered 128 babies named Mallissa between 1924 and 1994, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mallissa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mallissa performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Mallissa shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mallissa 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 128 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.
Mallissa at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mallissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1924
- Peak year (1973)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 71 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
128 total births across 71 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1973 with 10 births in a single year.
Mallissa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 52 births that decade — 41% of Mallissa's all-time total
Mallissa decade highlights
- Peak decade 52 births
- Runner-up 26 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Mallissa's strongest decade
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
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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, 1924–1994 (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.