How popular is the name Melisa?

Melisa ranks 951st among girls' names in US records, with 19,064 births since 1948. Over the past decade it accounts for 607.

Is Melisa a unisex name?

No. Melisa is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1979, when 661 children were given the name. It has been in use for 77 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#951 of girl names

Pronounced M EH1 L IY1 S AH0 (ARPABET)

Melisa is a girls' name, and first appears in 1948. It has been given to 19,064 children — the 951st most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 57% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1979, when 661 children were given it.

1979Girls: 661Boys: 0

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Melisa?: Melisa ranks 951st among girls' names in US records, with 19,064 births since 1948. Over the past decade it accounts for 607.
Is Melisa a unisex name?: No. Melisa is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Melisa most popular?: 1979, when 661 children were given the name. It has been in use for 77 years and is still recorded as of 2024.