Melissia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Melissia

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,926 babies named Melissia between 1894 and 2000, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Melissia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 121 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Melissia performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 828 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Melissia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 82 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky and Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Melissia in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Melissia 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 1,926 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.