Girls' name · since 1967
Milessa
94 babies named Milessa in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 94
- total births
- 1967–1987
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 64%
- born in that decade
Milessa is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 94 have been recorded since 1967.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Milessa has been recorded 94 times among girls since 1967, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 1987.
- 94 total births
- 1967–1987 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 64% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Milessa's 94 recorded births place it above 61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Milessa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Milessa's SSA record in two at 1975 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1987, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1971 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Milessa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–1987
- Peak year (1971)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Milessa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Milessa's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Milessa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 16
1960s
16 births
- 1970s
1970s
60 births
- 1980s 18
1980s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 60 births (64% of all-time use).
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- Milessa's decade-level peak was the 1970s (60 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1967–1987 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Milessa: Baby Name Since 1967 - 94 Births, Peak 1971." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/milessa. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Milessa 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 July 2026.