# Milissa (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/milissa/  
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 | 3,003 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,003 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 49, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 44 | 2,326 |
| 1987 | 56 | 2,011 |
| 1988 | 53 | 2,177 |
| 1989 | 28 | 3,639 |
| 1990 | 34 | 3,270 |
| 1991 | 19 | 5,118 |
| 1992 | 13 | 6,916 |
| 1993 | 14 | 6,498 |
| 1994 | 11 | 7,970 |
| 1995 | 6 | 12,809 |
| 1997 | 7 | 11,671 |
| 1998 | 6 | 13,565 |
| 1999 | 8 | 11,054 |
| 2004 | 5 | 17,914 |
| 2008 | 7 | 14,897 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5 | 2,683 |
| 1998 | 4 | 3,142 |
| 1999 | 4 | 3,225 |
| 2000 | 6 | 2,416 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2,783 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3,409 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3,594 |
| 2004 | 5 | 3,197 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4,294 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |

## 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.