Melisse — girls' name

What the Data Says About Melisse

The Social Security Administration has registered 273 babies named Melisse between 1939 and 1989, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Melisse currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Melisse performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 125 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Melisse shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Melisse 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 273 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.