# Melissa name report

Canonical URL: https://babynameranks.com/name/f/melissa
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Melissa ranked #420 officially for girls in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #397.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #420
- Birth count: 747
- Rate per 10,000: 4.65

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Melissa
- Rank: #397
- Birth count: 804
- Rate per 10,000: 5.00
- Official count multiplier: 1.08x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.01
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.02
- Expected per school of 300: 0.07
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 2.4%

## Trend
- Label: past peak
- Peak rate year: 1979
- Best rank year: 1977
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 2.3%

## Spelling components
- Melissa: 747 births
- Melisa: 57 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://babynameranks.com/methodology