Malissa is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 1979 and has since faded.
Malissa is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #11,546 for girl births in the United States (and #19,435 across all names), given to 8 babies. Malissa was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1979 (307 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 8 | #11,546 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | #12,966 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | #16,835 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | #14,616 |
| 2020 | 8 | 8 | #11,747 |
| 2019 | 5 | 5 | #17,099 |
| 2018 | 14 | 14 | #8,010 |
| 2017 | 6 | 6 | #15,261 |
| 2016 | 12 | 12 | #9,222 |
| 2015 | 11 | 11 | #9,913 |
| 2014 | 16 | 16 | #7,522 |
| 2013 | 13 | 13 | #8,882 |
| 2012 | 8 | 8 | #12,978 |
| 2011 | 16 | 16 | #7,667 |
| 2010 | 12 | 12 | #9,590 |
| 2009 | 20 | 20 | #6,724 |
| 2008 | 32 | 32 | #4,722 |
| 2007 | 32 | 32 | #4,627 |
| 2006 | 28 | 28 | #5,047 |
| 2005 | 31 | 31 | #4,445 |
| 2004 | 30 | 30 | #4,568 |
| 2003 | 30 | 30 | #4,376 |
| 2002 | 32 | 32 | #4,042 |
| 2001 | 32 | 32 | #3,998 |
| 2000 | 35 | 35 | #3,706 |
| 1999 | 43 | 43 | #3,086 |
| 1998 | 55 | 55 | #2,519 |
| 1997 | 64 | — | #2,167 |
| 1996 | 65 | — | #2,120 |
| 1995 | 60 | — | #2,228 |
| 1994 | 95 | — | #1,601 |
| 1993 | 112 | — | #1,441 |
| 1992 | 129 | — | #1,308 |
| 1991 | 129 | — | #1,296 |
| 1990 | 150 | — | #1,151 |
| 1989 | 153 | — | #1,097 |
| 1988 | 158 | — | #1,027 |
| 1987 | 148 | — | #1,046 |
| 1986 | 169 | — | #941 |
| 1985 | 170 | — | #930 |
| 1984 | 183 | — | #843 |
| 1983 | 177 | — | #865 |
| 1982 | 211 | — | #777 |
| 1981 | 228 | — | #725 |
| 1980 | 207 | — | #793 |
| 1979 | 307 | — | #588 |
| 1978 | 244 | — | #660 |
| 1977 | 258 | — | #643 |
| 1976 | 231 | — | #665 |
| 1975 | 231 | — | #659 |
| 1974 | 234 | — | #651 |
| 1973 | 288 | — | #570 |
| 1972 | 305 | — | #548 |
| 1971 | 294 | — | #592 |
| 1970 | 265 | — | #630 |
| 1969 | 268 | — | #612 |
| 1968 | 258 | — | #600 |
| 1967 | 221 | — | #642 |
| 1966 | 183 | — | #729 |
| 1965 | 126 | — | #896 |
| 1964 | 95 | — | #1,131 |
| 1963 | 83 | — | #1,207 |
| 1962 | 62 | — | #1,415 |
| 1961 | 56 | — | #1,510 |
| 1960 | 51 | — | #1,571 |
| 1959 | 32 | — | #2,006 |
| 1958 | 38 | — | #1,781 |
| 1957 | 47 | — | #1,581 |
| 1956 | 36 | — | #1,781 |
| 1955 | 22 | — | #2,380 |
| 1954 | 22 | — | #2,341 |
| 1953 | 22 | — | #2,270 |
| 1952 | 23 | — | #2,175 |
| 1951 | 31 | — | #1,763 |
| 1950 | 20 | — | #2,226 |
| 1949 | 17 | — | #2,476 |
| 1948 | 15 | — | #2,659 |
| 1947 | 24 | — | #2,024 |
| 1946 | 18 | — | #2,282 |
| 1945 | 10 | — | #3,045 |
| 1944 | 8 | — | #3,570 |
| 1943 | 16 | — | #2,317 |
| 1942 | 17 | — | #2,167 |
| 1941 | 6 | — | #4,244 |
| 1940 | 18 | — | #1,939 |
| 1939 | 16 | — | #2,091 |
| 1938 | 5 | — | #4,730 |
| 1937 | 12 | — | #2,519 |
| 1936 | 7 | — | #3,589 |
| 1935 | 14 | — | #2,263 |
| 1934 | 8 | — | #3,347 |
| 1933 | 10 | — | #2,801 |
| 1932 | 15 | — | #2,198 |
| 1931 | 13 | — | #2,377 |
| 1930 | 21 | — | #1,787 |
| 1929 | 19 | — | #1,928 |
| 1928 | 17 | — | #2,154 |
| 1927 | 26 | — | #1,655 |
| 1926 | 25 | — | #1,696 |
| 1925 | 18 | — | #2,159 |
| 1924 | 42 | — | #1,237 |
| 1923 | 29 | — | #1,543 |
| 1922 | 29 | — | #1,557 |
| 1921 | 32 | — | #1,459 |
| 1920 | 28 | — | #1,571 |
| 1919 | 30 | — | #1,439 |
| 1918 | 28 | — | #1,521 |
| 1917 | 23 | — | #1,633 |
| 1916 | 25 | — | #1,512 |
| 1915 | 23 | — | #1,553 |
| 1914 | 35 | — | #1,015 |
| 1913 | 22 | — | #1,208 |
| 1912 | 25 | — | #1,045 |
| 1911 | 17 | — | #1,095 |
| 1910 | 22 | — | #932 |
| 1909 | 14 | — | #1,134 |
| 1908 | 15 | — | #1,071 |
| 1907 | 22 | — | #809 |
| 1906 | 20 | — | #832 |
| 1905 | 23 | — | #771 |
| 1904 | 20 | — | #823 |
| 1903 | 14 | — | #958 |
| 1902 | 24 | — | #706 |
| 1901 | 14 | — | #905 |
| 1900 | 30 | — | #652 |
| 1899 | 18 | — | #779 |
| 1898 | 12 | — | #1,031 |
| 1897 | 17 | — | #778 |
| 1896 | 25 | — | #628 |
| 1895 | 24 | — | #636 |
| 1894 | 18 | — | #712 |
| 1893 | 20 | — | #653 |
| 1892 | 21 | — | #631 |
| 1891 | 17 | — | #657 |
| 1890 | 20 | — | #592 |
| 1889 | 24 | — | #526 |
| 1888 | 16 | — | #656 |
| 1887 | 17 | — | #550 |
| 1886 | 21 | — | #487 |
| 1885 | 25 | — | #423 |
| 1884 | 13 | — | #606 |
| 1883 | 24 | — | #384 |
| 1882 | 7 | — | #784 |
| 1881 | 16 | — | #429 |
| 1880 | 22 | — | #348 |