Mellisa

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Mellisa: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Mellisa: Recorded since 1976, it reached #389 in 1984, and it was last ranked in 2018.

2registrars recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
43years from first to last
#389highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2018

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1755
1997	#1958
1998	#1697
1999	#1805
2000	#1995
2001	#3998
2002	#3409
2003	#2727
2004	#3197
2005	#3970
2006	#3548
2007	#4294
2008	#3860
2009	#4564
2011	#4764
2012	#4838
2014	#5691
2018	#4684

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 10 of the 34 years from 1976 to 2009.

In 2009: #893 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4564 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1976–2018 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1976
First recorded at #429 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1976 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1976–2009
Highest recorded position: #389 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1984 (recorded 1976–2009).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #4684 among girls in England and Wales, in 2018.
England and Wales · Girls

Mellisa appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 18 ranked years and 99 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1976.

Mellisa across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Mellisa's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#429 (1976)	#389 (1984)	#893 (2009)	10 of 34	39 (1976–2009)	6 (1984)
England and Wales · Girls	#1755 (1996)	#1697 (1998)	#4684 (2018)	18 of 23	99 (1996–2018)	10 (1998)

Mellisa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Mellisa in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	36	4 of 10	9
2000sbusiest	48	10 of 10	5
2010s	15	4 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Mellisa appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1976 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #389 in Republic of Ireland in 1984.

Mellisa's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1697	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1958	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1755	9	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#421	5	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#389	6	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	4	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#423	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#542	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1976 and 2018, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #389, first reached in 1984.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 20 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Melita · #660, 27y
Mella · #389, 10y
Mellissa · #331, 31y
Melodi · #3160, 16y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Annemarie · #389, 24y
Asiya · #389, 29y
Ameen · #390, 29y
Kean · #390, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Reiltin · #389, 14y
Trudi · #388, 19y
Adelle · #391, 29y
Chiara · #391, 36y

Mellisa was ranked #389 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1984. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Mellisa and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Mellisa without appearing here.

Mellisa moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4838 and #5876.
Geraldine Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5691 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #5666.
Kim Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5691 and #1562 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #5666.
Kristin Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5691 and #4003 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Mellisa

Meabh Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4838 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #2314.
Beau Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1995 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3998 and #1107.
Alma Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1995 and #2416 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3998 and #1728.
Ida Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1995 and #2167 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3998 and #1728.

Moved the opposite way to Mellisa

Alexandra Compare
Between 1976 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mellisa went from #429 to #893 while Alexandra went from #263 to #78.
Alice Compare
Between 1976 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mellisa went from #429 to #893 while Alice went from #138 to #76.
Amy Compare
Between 1976 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mellisa went from #429 to #893 while Amy went from #185 to #11.
Anna Compare
Between 1976 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mellisa went from #429 to #893 while Anna went from #69 to #16.

Moved the same way as Mellisa

Audrey Compare
Between 1976 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mellisa went from #429 to #893 and Audrey from #52 to #488.
Barbara Compare
Between 1976 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mellisa went from #429 to #893 and Barbara from #67 to #439.
Deirdre Compare
Between 1976 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mellisa went from #429 to #893 and Deirdre from #9 to #488.
Evelyn Compare
Between 1976 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mellisa went from #429 to #893 and Evelyn from #113 to #190.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1976 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #389 in Republic of Ireland in 1984. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Mellisa

Mellisa at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mellisa across 2 official records

Mellisa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Mellisa appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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Mellisa at a glance

Mellisa across 2 official records

Mellisa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Mellisa appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Mellisa

Mellisa and the names beside it

Mellisa moved ahead of

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