Milissa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Milissa

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,003 babies named Milissa between 1950 and 2008, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Milissa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 163 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Milissa performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 1,125 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Milissa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 221 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Milissa in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Milissa 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 3,003 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.