girls:
5.6k births since 1926
#2217 (61st percentile)
overall:
5.6k births since 1926
#3624 (53rd percentile)
The name Mellissa is the #3,624 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,625 recorded births since 1926. This represents the 53.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 53.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,217 (61.2% percentile) for all time with 5,625 births since 1926.
Mellissa first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1926 (first recorded for girls in 1926). Birth data for Mellissa is available in 67 out of the 93 years between 1926 and 2018. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Mellissa reached its peak popularity in 1979, achieving the 33.0% percentile (ranked #527) with 158 births per million. The name was most common in 1979, with 158 births per million (ranked 33.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2018.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mellissa".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Mellissa", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 20 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Melissa" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Melissa..
Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Mellissa. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 54.1% confident that Mellissa is pronounced as muh-LIH-suh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MEH-lih-suh, at 18.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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