Girls' name · since 1964
Melisia
122 babies named Melisia in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,948 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 122
- born since 1964
- 1970s
- peak decade
Melisia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 122 recorded since 1964.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melisia has been recorded 122 times among girls since 1964, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 1984.
- #24,948 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 122 born since 1964
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melisia ranks #24,948 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 122 born since 1964, peaking in the 1970s.
- #24,948 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 122
- born since 1964
- 1970s
- peak decade
Melisia's 122 recorded births place it above 65.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Melisia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Melisia's full recorded timeline at 1972, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1964, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1971 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Melisia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–1984
- Peak year (1971)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Melisia by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (66 births, 54% of the file).
1970s was Melisia's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Melisia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
38 births
- 1970s
1970s
66 births
- 1980s 18
1980s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 66 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Melisia's decade-level peak was the 1970s (66 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Melisia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~20 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1964–1984 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Melisia 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 August 2026.