Milissa
Milissa was last recorded in 2008, when 7 babies were given it; 3,003 Americans have been recorded with it between 1950 and 2008 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,770 Americans named Milissa and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (92% of everyone recorded); the median is 53 years old and half are between 46 and 59.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Milissa by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Milissa mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Milissa is “a female given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Milissa?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #14,891, in 2008; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
163 babies in 1968, the peak
Milissa peaked in 1968, when 163 girls were given it, #786 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 7 | #14,891 | 3.7 |
| 2004 | 5 | #17,907 | 2.7 |
| 1999 | 8 | #11,047 | 4.5 |
| 1998 | 6 | #13,558 | 3.4 |
| 1997 | 7 | #11,666 | 4.0 |
| 1995 | 6 | #12,804 | 3.4 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,964 | 6.2 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,492 | 7.7 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,910 | 7.1 |
| 1991 | 19 | #5,112 | 10.1 |
Every recorded year (51)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 34 | #3,265 | 17.9 |
| 1989 | 28 | #3,633 | 15.2 |
| 1988 | 53 | #2,172 | 29.8 |
| 1987 | 56 | #2,010 | 32.2 |
| 1986 | 44 | #2,325 | 25.6 |
| 1985 | 62 | #1,826 | 36.0 |
| 1984 | 71 | #1,591 | 42.2 |
| 1983 | 60 | #1,787 | 35.9 |
| 1982 | 92 | #1,351 | 54.3 |
| 1981 | 87 | #1,415 | 52.2 |
| 1980 | 85 | #1,442 | 51.2 |
| 1979 | 96 | #1,309 | 59.8 |
| 1978 | 92 | #1,311 | 60.1 |
| 1977 | 103 | #1,196 | 67.2 |
| 1976 | 95 | #1,201 | 64.8 |
| 1975 | 89 | #1,263 | 61.0 |
| 1974 | 128 | #968 | 87.2 |
| 1973 | 97 | #1,139 | 66.5 |
| 1972 | 138 | #905 | 90.7 |
| 1971 | 130 | #977 | 78.1 |
| 1970 | 157 | #859 | 89.8 |
| 1969 | 135 | #916 | 80.0 |
| 1968 | 163 | #786 | 99.4 |
| 1967 | 136 | #874 | 82.4 |
| 1966 | 110 | #979 | 65.0 |
| 1965 | 85 | #1,164 | 48.2 |
| 1964 | 72 | #1,328 | 38.0 |
| 1963 | 60 | #1,445 | 31.1 |
| 1962 | 63 | #1,404 | 32.0 |
| 1961 | 40 | #1,826 | 19.8 |
| 1960 | 44 | #1,715 | 21.8 |
| 1959 | 47 | #1,590 | 23.2 |
| 1958 | 44 | #1,618 | 21.9 |
| 1957 | 32 | #1,948 | 15.6 |
| 1956 | 24 | #2,302 | 12.0 |
| 1955 | 18 | #2,693 | 9.2 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,976 | 7.7 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,886 | 3.7 |
| 1952 | 5 | #6,140 | 2.7 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,966 | 2.8 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,855 | 2.9 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Milissa a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Milissa has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 51 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Milissa: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Milissa, and how old are they?
2,770 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 92% of the 3,003 Americans ever recorded as Milissa. The median Milissa alive today is 53 years old; half are between 46 and 59.
The 2020 Census counted 2,387 people named Milissa (2,383 women and girls, 4 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,835 born in the U.S. The Census count is 16% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 403 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,700 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 629 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 33 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Milissa born?
The states with the most babies named Milissa are California, New York and Ohio, with 42% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 221 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| New York | 167 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 133 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Texas | 123 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Pennsylvania | 122 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 103 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 49 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Minnesota | 45 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Florida | 43 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Louisiana | 40 | not ranked | 0.6× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Milissa with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 4,584 babies since 1880, Milissa is the most given (66% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Milissa
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Milissa and names like it
- Compare Milissa and MylissaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sMilissa peaked in 1968.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Milissa since 1910.
- The top names of 1968The year the most babies were named Milissa.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Milissa alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with MMost given first.