Melisa · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1948

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 78 recorded years as a table

Melisa, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1948	3
1949	3
1950	4
1951	7
1952	13
1953	14
1954	13
1955	18
1956	25
1957	35
1958	50
1959	58
1960	69
1961	78
1962	110
1963	135
1964	146
1965	211
1966	229
1967	292
1968	352
1969	312
1970	318
1971	350
1972	416
1973	438
1974	421
1975	376
1976	373
1977	361
1978	362
1979	412
1980	341
1981	309
1982	253
1983	230
1984	223
1985	220
1986	191
1987	171
1988	189
1989	148
1990	139
1991	141
1992	144
1993	130
1994	122
1995	112
1996	108
1997	133
1998	121
1999	110
2000	117
2001	120
2002	111
2003	125
2004	138
2005	102
2006	99
2007	85
2008	81
2009	73
2010	73
2011	75
2012	72
2013	63
2014	46
2015	39
2016	41
2017	43
2018	41
2019	40
2020	27
2021	32
2022	31
2023	34
2024	33
2025	35

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Melisa isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 57
Rank in 2025: #2,933
How rare: 1 in 28,197 girls
Since 1948: 19,111

Most popular in 1973, at 438 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 8% per million girls born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.