Melissia

MEH-lih-shuh /ˈmɛlɪʃə/
girl 3 syllables fading

Melissia is a rare girls' name that was most common in the 1960s and has all but disappeared.

Melissia is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2000. Melissia was first reported in SSA data in 1894 and peaked in 1968 (121 births).

About the name Melissia

PronunciationMEH-lih-shuh /ˈmɛlɪʃə/
121peak births 1968
1894first in SSA data

Names similar to Melissia

How popular is Melissia?

Girls named Melissia
1894190019201940196019802000
Girls named Melissia per year hover for count and girls rank Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1894–2000 U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2000) SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here

Melissia total popularity by year

YearU.S. birthsU.S. + territoriesRank
200055#16,687
199966#13,826
19955—#14,940
19939—#9,239
199214—#6,532
199114—#6,471
199016—#5,735
198917—#5,201
198816—#5,226
198728—#3,303
198628—#3,241
198529—#3,144
198425—#3,387
198331—#2,832
198239—#2,474
198157—#1,901
198047—#2,171
197971—#1,599
197856—#1,816
197772—#1,525
197670—#1,488
197583—#1,323
197469—#1,456
197385—#1,235
197290—#1,200
1971120—#1,030
1970111—#1,081
196994—#1,148
1968121—#944
1967102—#1,023
196668—#1,319
196543—#1,730
196439—#1,909
196338—#1,912
196221—#2,714
196115—#3,421
196017—#3,068
195916—#3,063
195815—#3,185
195710—#4,103
195614—#3,271
195510—#3,971
195413—#3,266
195315—#2,892
19525—#6,131
19517—#4,681
19485—#5,759
19445—#5,041
19435—#5,130
19265—#5,370
19226—#4,837
19217—#4,304
19207—#4,267
19195—#5,322
18945—#1,633