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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 female in MidWest, stalled for female in Northeast, stalled for male in South, stalled for female in South, stalled for female in West, and stalled for female in MidWeststalled for female in Northeaststalled for male in Southstalled for female in Southfalling for female in West

 
 
 

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Visualized Trend by Regions for 'Melissa'
Visualized Trend by States for 'Melissa'

 
 
 

The total number and actual popularities of births of the name "Melissa"

Years with the same rank do not necessarily indicate the same number of births. Name data come 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 899th out of 1539 names.
In the Silent Generation(1928~1945), the popularity of name "Melissa" is 771st out of 1429 names.
In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964), the popularity of name "Melissa" is 140th out of 1441 names.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980), the popularity of name "Melissa" is 5th out of 1550 names.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980), the popularity of name "Melissa" is 877th out of 1399 names.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996), the popularity of name "Melissa" is 13th out of 1589 names.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996), the popularity of name "Melissa" is 1171st out of 1406 names.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012), the popularity of name "Melissa" is 95th out of 1586 names.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023), the popularity of name "Melissa" is 302nd out of 1328 names.

 
 

Name Rankings by Generations and Regions

 
 

Popularities by States

In this context, popularity is determined by dividing the number of births with a specific name in a given state by the total number of births in that state. This method provides an absolute measure of popularity that remains unaffected by population size.