Melissa
160
Babies in 2024
-31%
10-year change
1996
Peak · 1.28k
-15%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Melissa
Melissa peaked among UK girls' names in the late 1990s (1,282 babies in 1996) and has remained in active use — 160 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Melissa reached its peak in 1996, when 1,282 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #46 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 160 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 13,180 girls have been officially registered with the name Melissa in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 2,232 girls were registered with the name, starting from 232 in 2014 and ending at 160 in 2024.