Melissaann
Melissaann was last recorded in 1998, when 7 babies were given it; 197 Americans have been recorded with it between 1976 and 1998 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Melissaann by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Melissaann?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #11,953, in 1998; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
18 babies in 1988, the peak
Melissaann peaked in 1988, when 18 girls were given it, #4,773 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 7 | #11,953 | 4.0 |
| 1995 | 5 | #14,933 | 2.8 |
| 1994 | 7 | #11,327 | 3.9 |
| 1992 | 6 | #12,784 | 3.3 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,908 | 4.3 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,964 | 4.7 |
| 1989 | 7 | #10,434 | 3.8 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,773 | 10.1 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,813 | 7.5 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,428 | 6.4 |
Every recorded year (20)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 14 | #5,238 | 8.1 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,647 | 9.5 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,776 | 4.8 |
| 1982 | 9 | #7,260 | 5.3 |
| 1981 | 9 | #7,159 | 5.4 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,432 | 7.8 |
| 1979 | 14 | #5,000 | 8.7 |
| 1978 | 8 | #7,393 | 5.2 |
| 1977 | 8 | #7,300 | 5.2 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,813 | 4.8 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Melissaann a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Melissaann has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 20 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Melissaann: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Melissaann, and how old are they?
An estimated 190 Americans named Melissaann and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (97% of everyone recorded); the median is 41 years old and half are between 37 and 46. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Melissaann
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.