Meliss — girls' name

What the Data Says About Meliss

The Social Security Administration has registered 351 babies named Meliss between 1959 and 1994, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Meliss currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Meliss performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 156 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Meliss shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Meliss in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Meliss 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 351 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.