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Girl's name · #2950 in the US (2025) · Timeless
Melisa holds its lane: charted since 1948 and rarely far from where it stands today (#2950 in 2025). About 19,000 girls have carried it along the way.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 4 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#116 in Poland (2025) · #151 in Slovenia (2025) · #194 in Mexico (2024) · #304 in Austria (2025) · #379 in Norway (2025) · #471 in Switzerland (2025) · #483 in Ireland (2025) · #651 in Sweden (2025) · #737 in Netherlands (2025) · #778 in England & Wales (2025) · #786 in Belgium (2025) · #927 in Italy (2024) and 8 more.
Among 122 notable people named Melisa:
Sports figures appear 2.38× more often than among typical names — e.g. Melisa Murillo, Colombian sprinter (born 1982).
Melisa is the less common spelling of Melissa — about 7% of babies given the name are written this way; Melissa itself ranked #420 in 2025.
Similar names: Melissa · Suzanna · Melodie · Elisha · Anissa · Margarita
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