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Baby Girl Names - Melissa
Baby Girl Names > Starting With M > Melissa
| Use of the Name Melissa for Girls During the Last ... | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125 Years | 50 Years | 25 Years | 10 Years | 5 Years | 2 Years | 1 Year |
| 726,641 | 713,801 | 326,809 | 51,029 | 19,163 | 6,758 | 3,271 |
The table below indicates the number of times the name Melissa has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
| Used as a Girl Name | Used as a Boy Name | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Rank | Count | Rank | Count |
| 1880 | 274 | 33 | ||
| 1881 | 256 | 40 | ||
| 1882 | 276 | 41 | ||
| 1883 | 276 | 42 | ||
| 1884 | 279 | 48 | ||
| 1885 | 299 | 45 | ||
| 1886 | 274 | 58 | ||
| 1887 | 370 | 34 | ||
| 1888 | 384 | 40 | ||
| 1889 | 355 | 46 | ||
| 1890 | 390 | 42 | ||
| 1891 | 469 | 31 | ||
| 1892 | 469 | 34 | ||
| 1893 | 372 | 53 | ||
| 1894 | 392 | 52 | ||
| 1895 | 448 | 41 | ||
| 1896 | 562 | 30 | ||
| 1897 | 495 | 35 | ||
| 1898 | 539 | 35 | ||
| 1899 | 427 | 47 | ||
| 1900 | 537 | 40 | ||
| 1901 | 527 | 34 | ||
| 1902 | 505 | 40 | ||
| 1903 | 553 | 35 | ||
| 1904 | 719 | 24 | ||
| 1905 | 650 | 30 | ||
| 1906 | 787 | 22 | ||
| 1907 | 629 | 36 | ||
| 1908 | 753 | 27 | ||
| 1909 | 700 | 33 | ||
| 1910 | 614 | 47 | ||
| 1911 | 785 | 31 | ||
| 1912 | 775 | 42 | ||
| 1913 | 771 | 47 | ||
| 1914 | 811 | 52 | ||
| 1915 | 801 | 68 | ||
| 1916 | 856 | 64 | ||
| 1917 | 951 | 54 | ||
| 1918 | 907 | 63 | ||
| 1919 | ||||
| 1920 | 959 | 59 | ||
| 1921 | 931 | 64 | ||
| 1922 | 884 | 69 | ||
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| 1930 | 987 | 56 | ||
| 1931 | ||||
| 1932 | 897 | 62 | ||
| 1933 | 967 | 51 | ||
| 1934 | ||||
| 1935 | 873 | 63 | ||
| 1936 | 918 | 56 | ||
| 1937 | 717 | 89 | ||
| 1938 | 748 | 86 | ||
| 1939 | 640 | 115 | ||
| 1940 | 714 | 96 | ||
| 1941 | 593 | 141 | ||
| 1942 | 595 | 156 | ||
| 1943 | 549 | 188 | ||
| 1944 | 539 | 179 | ||
| 1945 | 534 | 185 | ||
| 1946 | 567 | 198 | ||
| 1947 | 460 | 320 | ||
| 1948 | 315 | 601 | ||
| 1949 | 276 | 776 | ||
| 1950 | 240 | 977 | ||
| 1951 | 229 | 1,128 | ||
| 1952 | 201 | 1,441 | ||
| 1953 | 163 | 2,010 | ||
| 1954 | 170 | 2,058 | ||
| 1955 | 150 | 2,412 | ||
| 1956 | 150 | 2,529 | ||
| 1957 | 147 | 2,777 | ||
| 1958 | 129 | 3,323 | ||
| 1959 | 126 | 3,630 | ||
| 1960 | 109 | 4,417 | ||
| 1961 | 95 | 4,897 | ||
| 1962 | 68 | 6,313 | ||
| 1963 | 61 | 7,315 | ||
| 1964 | 53 | 8,319 | ||
| 1965 | 38 | 10,564 | ||
| 1966 | 22 | 14,247 | ||
| 1967 | 9 | 18,365 | ||
| 1968 | 6 | 21,723 | 945 | 60 |
| 1969 | 5 | 23,012 | 914 | 70 |
| 1970 | 7 | 23,730 | 960 | 70 |
| 1971 | 7 | 23,863 | 943 | 75 |
| 1972 | 7 | 22,474 | 880 | 84 |
| 1973 | 6 | 22,477 | 919 | 77 |
| 1974 | 7 | 22,156 | 865 | 86 |
| 1975 | 4 | 24,169 | 869 | 92 |
| 1976 | 3 | 25,074 | 886 | 89 |
| 1977 | 2 | 26,874 | 880 | 93 |
| 1978 | 2 | 28,305 | 848 | 102 |
| 1979 | 2 | 34,027 | 763 | 129 |
| 1980 | 4 | 31,610 | 748 | 138 |
| 1981 | 5 | 27,980 | 915 | 96 |
| 1982 | 5 | 25,838 | 846 | 110 |
| 1983 | 6 | 23,466 | 874 | 101 |
| 1984 | 8 | 21,878 | 979 | 83 |
| 1985 | 11 | 19,955 | 994 | 85 |
| 1986 | 12 | 17,649 | ||
| 1987 | 13 | 17,653 | ||
| 1988 | 16 | 16,516 | ||
| 1989 | 19 | 15,207 | ||
| 1990 | 20 | 13,989 | ||
| 1991 | 20 | 13,339 | ||
| 1992 | 24 | 11,697 | ||
| 1993 | 30 | 10,212 | ||
| 1994 | 31 | 8,791 | ||
| 1995 | 35 | 7,865 | ||
| 1996 | 42 | 7,158 | ||
| 1997 | 45 | 6,669 | ||
| 1998 | 59 | 5,351 | ||
| 1999 | 64 | 4,823 | ||
| 2000 | 71 | 4,514 | ||
| 2001 | 74 | 4,138 | ||
| 2002 | 81 | 3,753 | ||
| 2003 | 96 | 3,487 | ||
| 2004 | 100 | 3,271 | ||
| Totals: | 726,641 | 1,640 | ||
During the last 125 years, parents have used Melissa as a girl's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a boy's name. Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Melissa appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 115 times during the last 125 years.
See the Social Security card applications information for qualifiers about the data shown on this page.
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