Girls' name · since 1939
Melisse
Since 1939, U.S. Social Security records show 273 babies named Melisse, peaking in 1975. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,740 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 273
- born since 1939
- 1970s
- peak decade
273 girls have been named Melisse since 1939, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Melisse has 273 recorded births among girls since 1939, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1939 to 1989.
- #16,740 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 273 born since 1939
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melisse ranks #16,740 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 273 born since 1939, peaking in the 1970s.
- #16,740 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 273
- born since 1939
- 1970s
- peak decade
Melisse's 273 recorded births place it above 76.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Melisse's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Melisse's full recorded timeline at 1972, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1939, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1975 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Melisse popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1939–1989
- Peak year (1975)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Melisse by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (125 births, 46% of the file).
1970s was Melisse's strongest decade.
125 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Melisse births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1950s 34
1950s
34 births
- 1960s 48
1960s
48 births
- 1970s
1970s
125 births
- 1980s
1980s
61 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 125 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Melisse's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (125 total births) through the 1980s (61) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Melisse: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1939–1989 (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 Melisse 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.