female NAME · CURRENTLY #420
Melissa
muh-LISS-uh
“honeybee”
A Greek given name derived from the word for honeybee.
SSA POPULARITY HISTORY
How Melissa has traveled through time
331880
451885
421890
411895
401900
301905
471910
671915
591920
551925
571930
631935
951940
1861945
9801950
2,4161955
4,4211960
10,5891965
23,8051970
24,2601975
31,7671980
20,0481985
14,0491990
7,9001995
4,5402000
3,0962005
1,9512010
1,2882015
8872020
7472025
LATEST YEAR2025747 births
PEAK RANK#2in 1977
CURRENT USAGE100% F0% M
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration. SSA excludes names with fewer than five occurrences in a geographic area.