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Melyssa Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Melyssa?

In 2018 the rare name Melyssa, ranked the 9,527th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Uncommon, Melyssa would be a striking name choice.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #1,305 in 1989 with 121 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Melyssa was less than 5, most recently in 1964.

Melyssa, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1967-1971, and 1983-1989, whereas 1995-1998, 2004-2007, 2009-2012, and 2013-2016 were years of successive downward movement.

Melyssa's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Melyssa lately has dropped significantly.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Melyssa?

Melyssa's popularity is at a very low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Melyssa is mostly unused and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Melyssa has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Melyssa (Girl)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 11 9,527
2017 18 6,705
2016 12 9,219
2015 19 6,615
2014 16 7,525
2013 26 5,255
2012 15 8,055
2011 25 5,479
2010 28 5,058
2009 34 4,434
2008 30 4,974
2007 27 5,328
2006 41 3,770
2005 36 4,009
2004 38 3,793
2003 34 4,003
2002 32 4,045
2001 35 3,757
2000 34 3,785
1999 34 3,616
1998 38 3,270
1997 56 2,380
1996 53 2,443
1995 62 2,173
1994 59 2,244
1993 87 1,718
1992 85 1,749
1991 105 1,498
1990 79 1,823
1989 121 1,305
1988 104 1,371
1987 64 1,828
1986 55 1,995
1985 42 2,385
1984 36 2,605
1983 21 3,763
1982 21 3,861
1981 27 3,207
1980 37 2,575
1979 47 2,138
1978 26 3,060
1977 20 3,708
1976 21 3,366
1975 21 3,359
1974 19 3,514
1973 18 3,582
1972 16 3,827
1971 29 2,573
1970 14 4,173
1969 14 3,905
1968 13 3,926
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1966 9 4,738
1965 8 5,137
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.