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Melissa Selfless • Powerful • Intelligent
Melissa Selfless • Powerful • Intelligent
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MelissaSelfless • Powerful • Intelligent
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Melissa Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
0.33%
Male
99.67%
Female
Melissa is predominantly a girls name, with 99.67% of Melissas being girls, and 0.33% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 2496 males named Melissa, and 756902 females given the name
Popularity of Melissa by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Melissa in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Blank States = Few to None
Melissa: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2026
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Melissa' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the boys name Melissa in the USA from 1880-2026. 1 being the highest and most popular, 40337 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 40337 unique total names have been given to boys living in the United States so far. Melissa's average ranking is 8528.12, with it's highest ever rank being #1758. Melissa has reach the top 10 most popular boys name 0 times, and has reached the top hundred names 0 times.
Melissa has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 759398 boys given the name in the past 200 years. Melissa gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1979, when it's usage went up by 121.76%. During this year, 129 babies were named Melissa, which was 0.0039% of the baby boys born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.004%, in this year alone more than 0 boys were named Melissa.
Popular 'M' Names for Boys
| Name | 'M-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mason | 1. | 7. | 15192 | 0.42% |
| Michael | 2. | 13. | 13998 | 0.387% |
| Matthew | 3. | 21. | 12551 | 0.347% |
| Mateo | 4. | 82. | 6526 | 0.18% |
| Miles | 5. | 179. | 3714 | 0.103% |
| Maxwell | 6. | 190. | 3559 | 0.098% |
| Micah | 7. | 196. | 3447 | 0.095% |
| Max | 8. | 200. | 3394 | 0.094% |
| Maverick | 9. | 243. | 2940 | 0.081% |
| Maddox | 10. | 248. | 2887 | 0.08% |
| Malachi | 11. | 278. | 2585 | 0.071% |
| Miguel | 12. | 286. | 2492 | 0.069% |
| Matteo | 13. | 297. | 2377 | 0.066% |
| Marcus | 14. | 324. | 2156 | 0.06% |
| Maximus | 15. | 332. | 2108 | 0.058% |
| Mark | 16. | 342. | 2057 | 0.057% |
| Messiah | 17. | 400. | 1776 | 0.049% |
| Myles | 18. | 421. | 1688 | 0.047% |
| Milo | 19. | 461. | 1495 | 0.041% |
| Martin | 20. | 482. | 1391 | 0.038% |