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 stood at #5,927 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
50years from first to last
#389highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

How to read this chart

A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.

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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
2025	#5927

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, 1976–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

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 recent2025
Most recently recorded at #5927 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Mellisa appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 19 ranked years and 102 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)	#5927 (2025)	19 of 30	102 (1996–2025)	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
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

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

See the names England and Wales has 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.

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1976 to 2025. 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
2025	England and Wales	female	#5927	3	High	Verified
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.

Where Mellisa is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Mellisa, between 1976 and 2025, in 28 of those 50 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Republic of Ireland	1976–2009	10	#389 in 1984
England and Wales	1996–2025	19	#1697 in 1998

Its high point came 14 years earlier in Republic of Ireland (1984) than in England and Wales (1998).

No registrar recorded it for 6 years after 1987; it appears again in 1994.

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1976 and 2025, ranked in 28 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 9 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, 11y
Mellissa · #331, 31y
Melodi · #3160, 17y

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, 25y
Asiya · #389, 30y
Ameen · #390, 30y
Kean · #390, 25y

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.

Ailis#389
Angeline#389
Annemarie#389
Crystal#389
Aifric#414
Aisleen#414
Amelia#414
Anastatia#414

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 2,576 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
In 2011 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4838 and #5876.
Kristin
In 2017 they stood at #5691 and #4003 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #5666.
Kristy
In 2017 they stood at #5691 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #5666.
Lene
In 2003 they stood at #3998 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #3197 and #3725.

Moved ahead of Mellisa

Meabh
In 2013 they stood at #4838 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #2314.
Beau
In 2000 they stood at #1995 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3998 and #1107.
Alma
In 2000 they stood at #1995 and #2416 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3998 and #1728.
Ida
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
Between 1976 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mellisa went from #429 to #893 while Alexandra went from #263 to #78.
Alice
Between 1976 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mellisa went from #429 to #893 while Alice went from #138 to #76.
Amy
Between 1976 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mellisa went from #429 to #893 while Amy went from #185 to #11.
Anna
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
Between 1976 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mellisa went from #429 to #893 and Audrey from #52 to #488.
Deirdre
Between 1976 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mellisa went from #429 to #893 and Deirdre from #9 to #488.
Eileen
Between 1976 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mellisa went from #429 to #893 and Eileen from #52 to #284.
Elaine
Between 1976 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mellisa went from #429 to #893 and Elaine from #14 to #331.

What is known about Mellisa

How to read this

How often it is registered: Official record; 2 official registrars, 1976–2025.
Meaning: Not established; Not researched yet.
Origin: Not established; Not researched yet.
Pronunciation: Not established; Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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 2025. 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

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What the record shows

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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

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Mellisa

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