# Melisa (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/melisa/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 19,121 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 10 / 19,111 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,381, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 132 | 1,636 |
| 2012 | 126 | 1,682 |
| 2013 | 110 | 1,841 |
| 2014 | 83 | 2,264 |
| 2015 | 69 | 2,609 |
| 2016 | 73 | 2,497 |
| 2017 | 74 | 2,454 |
| 2018 | 69 | 2,551 |
| 2019 | 67 | 2,623 |
| 2020 | 44 | 3,479 |
| 2021 | 53 | 3,098 |
| 2022 | 51 | 3,201 |
| 2023 | 54 | 3,073 |
| 2024 | 53 | 3,071 |
| 2025 | 57 | 2,950 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 5 | 5,491 |
| 1977 | 5 | 6,500 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 39 | 915 |
| 2012 | 42 | 887 |
| 2013 | 39 | 944 |
| 2014 | 54 | 731 |
| 2015 | 43 | 860 |
| 2016 | 58 | 703 |
| 2017 | 51 | 771 |
| 2018 | 63 | 641 |
| 2019 | 72 | 562 |
| 2020 | 57 | 655 |
| 2021 | 55 | 688 |
| 2022 | 57 | 655 |
| 2023 | 70 | 555 |
| 2024 | 50 | 751 |
| 2025 | 47 | 778 |

## People named Melisa

- Melai Cantiveros, Filipino actress and comedian
- Kid Sister, American rapper

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.