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Melisa

OriginGreek
Meaning"honeybee"
GenderGirl
Also a boy's nameShow me Melisa as a boy's name
US Rank#952

Top 1000

About Melisa

Variation of Melissa

Popularity & trends

US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
#2,500#3,000#3,500'14'16'18'20'22'24
20142025
18802025
Data table
YearUS rankBirthsPer million
2014#2,2638346.5
2015#2,6096938.7
2016#2,4977341.2
2017#2,4547442.9
2018#2,5516940.6
2019#2,6226739.9
2020#3,4744427.2
2021#3,0965332.3
2022#3,1975131.1
2023#3,0685433.7
2024#3,0645332.7
2025#2,9505735.5
Popularity history from more than a century of Social Security Administration birth records. Years without a line are years the name fell below the published records.

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World rankings

#5🇦🇿 Azerbaijan#33🇹🇷 Turkey#161🇨🇭 Switzerland#188🇵🇱 Poland#242🇲🇽 Mexico#294🇩🇪 Germany#789🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England

Famous Melisas

  • Melisa Young aka Kid Sister

    American rapper

  • Melisa Dilber Ertürk

    Turkish,Canadian footballer

  • Melisa Aslı Pamuk

    Miss Turkey 2011

  • Melisa "Mely" Nicolau

    Spanish footballer

  • (Ayşe) Melisa Sözen

    Turkish actress

  • Melisa Michaels

    American novelist

  • Melisa Wallack

    American screenwriter

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