girl's name

Melysa

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 85

Melysa is a girl's name. In 2008 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1989, when 10 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1979.

Melysa over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2008, not a full ten years.

38
'70 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Melysa by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 6
1980s 24
1990s 38
2000s (to 2008) 12

How popular is Melysa?

In 2008, Melysa was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Melysa is used

Canada #2,553 5 in 1997
United States #18,009 5 in 2008

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Melysa

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Melysa also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Melysa over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Melysa

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Melysa — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Melysa

How popular is the name Melysa?

In 2008, Melysa was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Melysa a girl's or a boy's name?

Melysa is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Melysa most popular?

Melysa peaked in 1989, when 10 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.