Description of the name "Melissa"
Melissa is most popular name in West Virginia of US for all generations. And most popular Girl name of Generation X (Gen X) in South. The Short-term(recent 3 years) Trend of this Boy name is stalled, And The Long-term(recent 25 years) Trend is stalled.The Short-term(recent 3 years) Trend of this Girl name is stalled, And The Long-term(recent 25 years) Trend is decreasing.The popularity of this name is recently(3-years to 2022) stalled for male in South, stalled for female in South, and stalled for male in Southstalled for female in South
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The total number and actual popularities of births of the name "Melissa"
Years where ranks are the same does not imply that the number of births are the same. Data are missing for 4 years where the name Howard is not in the top 1000 most popular names. Name data are from Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States.The rankings of the name "Melissa" by years
Name Rankings by Generations
In the G.I. Generation(1901~1927), the popularity of name "Melissa" is 846th out of 1436 names.In the Silent Generation(1928~1945), the popularity of name "Melissa" is 725th out of 1316 names.
In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964), the popularity of name "Melissa" is 136th out of 1355 names.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980), the popularity of name "Melissa" is 5th out of 1451 names.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996), the popularity of name "Melissa" is 13th out of 1494 names.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012), the popularity of name "Melissa" is 93rd out of 1518 names.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023), the popularity of name "Melissa" is 279th out of 1241 names.
Name Rankings by Generations and regions
In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964) of MidWest, the popularity of name "Melissa" is 84th out of 1241 names of Girl.In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Melissa" is 90th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964) of South, the popularity of name "Melissa" is 52nd out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964) of West, the popularity of name "Melissa" is 95th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980) of MidWest, the popularity of name "Melissa" is 7th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Melissa" is 4th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980) of South, the popularity of name "Melissa" is 5th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980) of West, the popularity of name "Melissa" is 5th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996) of MidWest, the popularity of name "Melissa" is 15th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Melissa" is 9th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996) of South, the popularity of name "Melissa" is 19th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996) of South, the popularity of name "Melissa" is 349th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996) of West, the popularity of name "Melissa" is 9th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012) of MidWest, the popularity of name "Melissa" is 130th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Melissa" is 89th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012) of South, the popularity of name "Melissa" is 120th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012) of West, the popularity of name "Melissa" is 51st out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023) of West, the popularity of name "Melissa" is 160th out of 1241 names of Girl.
Popularities by states
In here, popularity refers to the value obtained by dividing the number of births with that name in a particular state by the total number of births in that state. Therefore, it represents an absolute value of popularity unaffected by population.