Melysa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Melysa

The Social Security Administration has registered 80 babies named Melysa between 1979 and 2008, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Melysa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Melysa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Melysa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Melysa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Melysa 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 80 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.