Girls' name · since 1958
Millissa
Millissa has 329 recorded births since 1958 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1968 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 329
- total births
- 1958–1992
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
329 girls have been named Millissa since 1958, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Millissa recorded 329 times among girls since 1958, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1958 to 1992.
- 329 total births
- 1958–1992 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 44% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Millissa's 329 recorded births place it above 79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Millissa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Millissa's full recorded timeline at 1976, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1968 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Millissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–1992
- Peak year (1968)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Millissa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Millissa's strongest decade.
145 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Millissa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 8
1950s
8 births
- 1960s
1960s
89 births
- 1970s
1970s
145 births
- 1980s
1980s
82 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 145 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Millissa's decade-level peak was the 1970s (145 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- 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, 1958–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Millissa: Baby Name Since 1958 - 329 Births, Peak 1968." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/millissa. 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 Millissa 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.