Melissa remains a common girls' name (#419 in 2025), down from a peak of #2 in 1977.
Melissa is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #420 for girl births in the United States (and #858 across all names), given to 747 babies. Melissa was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1979 (34,050 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 747 | 747 | #420 | — |
| 2024 | 826 | 826 | #379 | — |
| 2023 | 744 | 744 | #411 | — |
| 2022 | 823 | 823 | #379 | — |
| 2021 | 836 | 836 | #372 | — |
| 2020 | 887 | 887 | #349 | — |
| 2019 | 933 | 933 | #340 | — |
| 2018 | 1,117 | 1,117 | #299 | — |
| 2017 | 1,170 | 1,170 | #275 | — |
| 2016 | 1,236 | 1,236 | #260 | — |
| 2015 | 1,288 | 1,288 | #253 | #13,382 |
| 2014 | 1,509 | 1,509 | #224 | — |
| 2013 | 1,592 | 1,592 | #202 | — |
| 2012 | 1,772 | 1,772 | #178 | — |
| 2011 | 1,709 | 1,709 | #184 | — |
| 2010 | 1,951 | 1,951 | #156 | — |
| 2009 | 2,338 | 2,338 | #137 | — |
| 2008 | 2,524 | 2,524 | #134 | #10,646 |
| 2007 | 2,511 | 2,511 | #137 | #11,868 |
| 2006 | 2,898 | 2,905 | #117 | #13,354 |
| 2005 | 3,096 | 3,107 | #104 | #6,949 |
| 2004 | 3,346 | 3,358 | #98 | #9,602 |
| 2003 | 3,510 | 3,515 | #96 | #8,357 |
| 2002 | 3,777 | 3,795 | #80 | #8,189 |
| 2001 | 4,157 | 4,175 | #74 | #5,902 |
| 2000 | 4,540 | 4,554 | #71 | #7,941 |
| 1999 | 4,848 | 4,877 | #64 | #4,101 |
| 1998 | 5,373 | 5,405 | #59 | #3,802 |
| 1997 | 6,699 | — | #44 | #3,545 |
| 1996 | 7,185 | — | #42 | #4,320 |
| 1995 | 7,900 | — | #35 | #3,268 |
| 1994 | 8,820 | — | #31 | #2,913 |
| 1993 | 10,257 | — | #30 | #2,381 |
| 1992 | 11,749 | — | #24 | #2,027 |
| 1991 | 13,375 | — | #20 | #2,583 |
| 1990 | 14,049 | — | #20 | #1,680 |
| 1989 | 15,280 | — | #19 | #1,226 |
| 1988 | 16,619 | — | #16 | #1,185 |
| 1987 | 17,748 | — | #13 | #1,120 |
| 1986 | 17,751 | — | #12 | #1,014 |
| 1985 | 20,048 | — | #11 | #994 |
| 1984 | 21,979 | — | #8 | #980 |
| 1983 | 23,576 | — | #6 | #875 |
| 1982 | 25,973 | — | #5 | #851 |
| 1981 | 28,102 | — | #5 | #911 |
| 1980 | 31,767 | — | #4 | #747 |
| 1979 | 34,179 | — | #2 | #764 |
| 1978 | 28,428 | — | #2 | #858 |
| 1977 | 26,971 | — | #2 | #891 |
| 1976 | 25,182 | — | #3 | #887 |
| 1975 | 24,260 | — | #4 | #869 |
| 1974 | 22,252 | — | #7 | #866 |
| 1973 | 22,556 | — | #6 | #921 |
| 1972 | 22,578 | — | #7 | #883 |
| 1971 | 23,950 | — | #7 | #946 |
| 1970 | 23,805 | — | #7 | #964 |
| 1969 | 23,087 | — | #5 | #918 |
| 1968 | 21,794 | — | #5 | #936 |
| 1967 | 18,420 | — | #9 | #1,145 |
| 1966 | 14,291 | — | #22 | #1,254 |
| 1965 | 10,589 | — | #38 | #1,546 |
| 1964 | 8,336 | — | #53 | #1,951 |
| 1963 | 7,346 | — | #61 | #1,617 |
| 1962 | 6,316 | — | #68 | #2,787 |
| 1961 | 4,909 | — | #95 | #3,030 |
| 1960 | 4,421 | — | #109 | #3,009 |
| 1959 | 3,638 | — | #127 | #2,619 |
| 1958 | 3,334 | — | #130 | #2,598 |
| 1957 | 2,780 | — | #147 | — |
| 1956 | 2,536 | — | #150 | #2,906 |
| 1955 | 2,416 | — | #149 | — |
| 1954 | 2,062 | — | #170 | — |
| 1953 | 2,007 | — | #163 | — |
| 1952 | 1,442 | — | #201 | — |
| 1951 | 1,129 | — | #229 | — |
| 1950 | 980 | — | #240 | — |
| 1949 | 778 | — | #276 | — |
| 1948 | 600 | — | #318 | — |
| 1947 | 319 | — | #460 | — |
| 1946 | 198 | — | #567 | — |
| 1945 | 186 | — | #532 | — |
| 1944 | 177 | — | #542 | — |
| 1943 | 189 | — | #548 | — |
| 1942 | 154 | — | #599 | — |
| 1941 | 141 | — | #594 | — |
| 1940 | 95 | — | #716 | — |
| 1939 | 116 | — | #631 | — |
| 1938 | 85 | — | #754 | — |
| 1937 | 90 | — | #718 | — |
| 1936 | 56 | — | #919 | — |
| 1935 | 63 | — | #872 | — |
| 1934 | 43 | — | #1,071 | — |
| 1933 | 51 | — | #968 | — |
| 1932 | 62 | — | #896 | — |
| 1931 | 43 | — | #1,087 | — |
| 1930 | 57 | — | #976 | — |
| 1929 | 42 | — | #1,148 | — |
| 1928 | 43 | — | #1,174 | — |
| 1927 | 44 | — | #1,170 | — |
| 1926 | 46 | — | #1,126 | — |
| 1925 | 55 | — | #1,017 | — |
| 1924 | 53 | — | #1,075 | — |
| 1923 | 50 | — | #1,082 | — |
| 1922 | 68 | — | #889 | — |
| 1921 | 66 | — | #917 | — |
| 1920 | 59 | — | #956 | — |
| 1919 | 49 | — | #1,034 | — |
| 1918 | 63 | — | #909 | — |
| 1917 | 54 | — | #950 | — |
| 1916 | 64 | — | #854 | — |
| 1915 | 67 | — | #805 | — |
| 1914 | 52 | — | #814 | — |
| 1913 | 47 | — | #772 | — |
| 1912 | 42 | — | #776 | — |
| 1911 | 31 | — | #785 | — |
| 1910 | 47 | — | #614 | — |
| 1909 | 33 | — | #702 | — |
| 1908 | 27 | — | #753 | — |
| 1907 | 38 | — | #611 | — |
| 1906 | 22 | — | #787 | — |
| 1905 | 30 | — | #650 | — |
| 1904 | 24 | — | #719 | — |
| 1903 | 35 | — | #553 | — |
| 1902 | 40 | — | #505 | — |
| 1901 | 34 | — | #527 | — |
| 1900 | 40 | — | #536 | — |
| 1899 | 47 | — | #427 | — |
| 1898 | 35 | — | #539 | — |
| 1897 | 35 | — | #495 | — |
| 1896 | 30 | — | #562 | — |
| 1895 | 41 | — | #448 | — |
| 1894 | 52 | — | #392 | — |
| 1893 | 53 | — | #372 | — |
| 1892 | 34 | — | #469 | — |
| 1891 | 30 | — | #474 | — |
| 1890 | 42 | — | #390 | — |
| 1889 | 46 | — | #355 | — |
| 1888 | 40 | — | #384 | — |
| 1887 | 34 | — | #370 | — |
| 1886 | 58 | — | #274 | — |
| 1885 | 45 | — | #299 | — |
| 1884 | 48 | — | #279 | — |
| 1883 | 42 | — | #276 | — |
| 1882 | 41 | — | #276 | — |
| 1881 | 40 | — | #256 | — |
| 1880 | 33 | — | #274 | — |