Recorded 1979–2019 Girls' name Peak 1993 399 births

Malyssa — girls' name

399 babies named Malyssa in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s71980s561990s1942000s982010s44
1990s
Peak decade

49% of everyone ever named Malyssa was born in this single decade.

1993
Single peak year

25 babies were named Malyssa in 1993 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Malyssa

The Social Security Administration has registered 399 babies named Malyssa between 1979 and 2019, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Malyssa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Malyssa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 194 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Malyssa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 36 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Malyssa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Malyssa 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 399 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.

Malyssa at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

399

Since 1979

41 years of records

Peak year

1993

25 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1979

Recorded for 41 years

Last year on file: 2019

Malyssa popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1979

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (1993)
25
Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
051015202530 201920132008200420001996199219881979 7

Malyssa by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
194 births that decade — 49% of Malyssa's all-time total
1970s71980s561990s1942000s982010s44

Malyssa by state

Where Malyssa concentrates geographically — total births since 1979

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Malyssa
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
36 9.0%
California share of Malyssa's total US births 9.0%

36 of 399 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Malyssa?
399 babies have been named Malyssa since 1979. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1993 with 25 births.
When was Malyssa most popular?
Malyssa was most popular in the 1990s decade with 194 total births. The single peak year was 1993.
Where is Malyssa most popular?
The top states for the name Malyssa are California (36 births).
How long has the name Malyssa been used?
Malyssa has been recorded in Social Security data since 1979, spanning 41 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Malyssa?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mallory, Malia, Malinda, Maliyah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1979–2019 (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.