Quick answers about Melyssa
How many people are named Melyssa?
An estimated 1,948 living Americans are named Melyssa.
How rare is Melyssa?
Melyssa 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 Melyssa?
The median age of a living American named Melyssa is approximately 34 years, with most bearers falling between 25 and 39 years old.
Is Melyssa still popular?
Not especially. Melyssa has been declining since its 1989 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Melyssa most common?
Melyssa has its strongest geographic signal in California, where it appears 2.1× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Melyssa is most concentrated in California — about 2.1× the national rate in the 2000s.
States where Melyssa is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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