Melissaann — girls' name
197 babies named Melissaann in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
197 girls have been named Melissaann since 1976, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1998.
- 197
- total births
- 1976–1998
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 60%
- born in that decade
60% of everyone ever named Melissaann was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Melissaann in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Melissaann
The Social Security Administration has registered 197 babies named Melissaann between 1976 and 1998, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Melissaann currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Melissaann performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 118 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Melissaann shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 27 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Melissaann in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Melissaann 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 197 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.
Melissaann at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Melissaann popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1976
- Peak year (1988)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
197 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 18 births in a single year.
Melissaann by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 118 births that decade — 60% of Melissaann's all-time total
Melissaann decade highlights
- Peak decade 118 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Melissaann's strongest decade
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
Melissaann by state
Where Melissaann concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 27 | 13.7% |
| #2 | New York | | 6 | 3.0% |
27 of 197 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 13.7% of nationwide
- New York 3.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 13.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1976–1998 (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.