Quick answers about Mellissa
How many people are named Mellissa?
An estimated 5,142 living Americans are named Mellissa.
How rare is Mellissa?
Mellissa fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Mellissa?
The median age of a living American named Mellissa is approximately 46 years, with most bearers falling between 39 and 53 years old.
Is Mellissa still popular?
Not especially. Mellissa has been declining since its 1979 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Mellissa most common?
Mellissa has its strongest geographic signal in Massachusetts, where it appears 1.8× more often than the national baseline.
1926Peak 19792025
Where it lives now
Mellissa is most concentrated in California — about 1.7× the national rate in the 1990s.
States where Mellissa is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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