Feminine dossier · first seen 1965

Melyssa

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1989

Peak era

1989

Peak births

121

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Peak generation

Millennial

1965Peak 19892025

Quick answers about Melyssa

An estimated 1,976 living Americans are named Melyssa.

Melyssa fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.

The median age of a living American named Melyssa is approximately 34 years, with most bearers falling between 25 and 40 years old.

Not especially. Melyssa has been declining since its 1989 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.

Peak year

1989

Decline from peak

100%

2025

All-time

2,023

Melyssa last appeared in SSA records in 2023. Across its recorded history, about 2,023 American girls received the name.

Melyssa peaked in 1989, when 121 girls were given the name.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2025 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

In all, the Social Security Administration has recorded about 2,023 Americans named Melyssa since 1965.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

Peak generationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1989

Living profile

1,976

Estimated living Americans with this name.

Median age34

Core range25–40

Playground Density Index 0.0%

Wave type

Steady Decline

A name with a broad middle and a downward recent trajectory.