Mellissa

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Mellissa: Recorded since 1976, it reached #331 in 1983, and it was last ranked in 2015.

2registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
40years from first to last
#331highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2015

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1364
1997	#1450
1998	#1165
1999	#1216
2000	#1475
2001	#1728
2002	#1442
2003	#2191
2004	#3197
2005	#3382
2006	#1983
2007	#3667
2008	#3397
2009	#2759
2010	#4688
2012	#4838
2013	#5742
2015	#4736

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 England and Wales in 18 of the 20 years from 1996 to 2015.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1976–2015 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1976
First recorded at #344 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 recorded1976–1994
Highest recorded position: #331 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1983 (recorded 1976–1994).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2015
Most recently recorded at #4736 among girls in England and Wales, in 2015.
England and Wales · Girls

Mellissa appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 18 ranked years and 156 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1976.

Mellissa 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.

Mellissa'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
England and Wales · Girls	#1364 (1996)	#1165 (1998)	#4736 (2015)	18 of 20	156 (1996–2015)	17 (1998)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#344 (1976)	#331 (1983)	#502 (1994)	13 of 19	64 (1976–1994)	9 (1983)

Mellissa 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 Mellissa in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	58	4 of 10	15
2000sbusiest	83	10 of 10	8
2010s	15	4 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Mellissa 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 2015. Highest recorded position: #331 in Republic of Ireland in 1983.

Mellissa'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
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1983	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1442	13	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1728	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1216	16	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1165	17	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1450	12	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1364	13	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#457	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#492	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#386	6	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#422	5	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#519	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#459	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	9	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#355	8	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#344	7	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 2015, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #331, first reached in 1983.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 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.

Mella · #389, 10y
Mellisa · #389, 27y
Melodi · #3160, 16y
Melodie · #1387, 29y

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.

Arun · #331, 29y
Beverly · #331, 31y
Haleema · #331, 29y
Aaran · #330, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

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

Eirill · #332, 31y
Siham · #330, 37y
Ena · #328, 29y
Hamdi · #328, 35y

Mellissa was ranked #331 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1983. 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.

Mellissa 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 Mellissa without appearing here.

Mellissa moved ahead of

Tyler Compare
In 2014 they stood at #5742 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4736 and #5730.
Vicki Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3197 and #3197 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #3382 and #3970.

Moved ahead of Mellissa

Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2759 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4838 and #1893.
Meabh Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4838 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #5742 and #2887.
Diane Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2759 and #3031 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #4688 and #2392.
Linnea Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2759 and #3422 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #4688 and #2392.

Moved the opposite way to Mellissa

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Girls, Mellissa went from #1364 to #4736 while Ada went from #2683 to #187.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Girls, Mellissa went from #1364 to #4736 while Alma went from #2096 to #609.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Girls, Mellissa went from #1364 to #4736 while Alyssa went from #783 to #190.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Girls, Mellissa went from #1364 to #4736 while Amalie went from #2096 to #708.

Moved the same way as Mellissa

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Girls, Mellissa went from #1364 to #4736 and Abigail from #21 to #51.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Girls, Mellissa went from #1364 to #4736 and Aimee from #70 to #352.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Girls, Mellissa went from #1364 to #4736 and Aisling from #440 to #1362.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Girls, Mellissa went from #1364 to #4736 and Alex from #161 to #1204.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 2015. Highest recorded position: #331 in Republic of Ireland in 1983. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Mellissa

Mellissa at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mellissa across 2 official records

Mellissa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Mellissa appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Mellissa at a glance

Mellissa across 2 official records

Mellissa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Mellissa 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 Mellissa

Mellissa and the names beside it

Mellissa moved ahead of

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