Baby Name Popularity by Year

Girl - Melissa

If you are looking for a baby name and want to know how popular the name is you've come to the right place. This report will tell you how popular a name is in the United States from 1880 to 2015. This information comes from the top 1000 boy and girl names collected by the United States Social Security Administration.

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YearMelissa
20171,168
20161,231
20151,273
20141,503
20131,590
20121,770
20111,698
20101,940
20092,309
20082,482
20072,484
20062,844
20053,064
20043,320
20033,493
20023,759
20014,143
20004,523
19994,829
19985,351
19976,672
19967,164
19957,869
19948,794
199310,215
199211,704
199113,338
199013,989
198915,211
198816,530
198717,652
198617,655
198519,961
198421,883
198323,463
198225,845
198127,985
198031,623
197934,033
197828,312
197726,874
197625,079
197524,171
197422,158
197322,483
197222,478
197123,865
197023,733
196923,016
196821,724
196718,366
196614,252
196510,565
19648,318
19637,316
19626,314
19614,900
19604,416
19593,630
19583,325
19572,779
19562,527
19552,412
19542,058
19532,010
19521,441
19511,129
1950977
1949776
1948602
1947319
1946197
1945186
1944179
1943188
1942156
1941141
194096
1939115
193886
193789
193656
193563
193351
193262
193056
192269
192165
192059
191863
191754
191664
191567
191452
191347
191242
191131
191047
190933
190827
190738
190622
190530
190424
190335
190240
190134
190040
189947
189835
189735
189630
189541
189452
189353
189234
189131
189042
188946
188840
188734
188658
188545
188448
188342
188241
188140
188033