# Mellissa (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mellissa/  
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 | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,625 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,625 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 156, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 25 | 4,741 |
| 2001 | 25 | 4,786 |
| 2002 | 28 | 4,468 |
| 2003 | 21 | 5,729 |
| 2004 | 20 | 6,136 |
| 2005 | 15 | 7,776 |
| 2006 | 22 | 6,061 |
| 2007 | 17 | 7,635 |
| 2008 | 17 | 7,635 |
| 2009 | 11 | 10,430 |
| 2010 | 13 | 9,064 |
| 2011 | 10 | 10,921 |
| 2012 | 6 | 16,236 |
| 2016 | 8 | 12,505 |
| 2018 | 5 | 17,333 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 16 | 1,216 |
| 2000 | 12 | 1,475 |
| 2001 | 10 | 1,728 |
| 2002 | 13 | 1,442 |
| 2003 | 8 | 2,191 |
| 2004 | 5 | 3,197 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3,382 |
| 2006 | 11 | 1,983 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2008 | 6 | 3,397 |
| 2009 | 8 | 2,759 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |

## 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.