Girls' name · since 1958
Melise
Melise has 33 recorded births since 1958 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1958 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 33
- total births
- 1958–2001
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 33%
- born in that decade
Melise is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 33 have been recorded since 1958.
Social Security Administration records show Melise recorded 33 times among girls since 1958, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1958 to 2001.
- 33 total births
- 1958–2001 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 33% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Melise's 33 recorded births place it above 45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Melise's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Melise's SSA record in two at 1999 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1988, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1958 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Melise popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–2001
- Peak year (1958)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Melise by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Melise's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Melise births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 11 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Melise's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 2000s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1958–2001 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Melise: Baby Name Since 1958 - 33 Births, Peak 1958." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/melise. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Melise draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.