Mellissa
17
Peak · 1998
2015
Last seen
18
Years on list
156
Total babies
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 Mellissa
Mellissa is a rare UK girl's name. In 2024, fewer than three girls were registered with this name in England & Wales — the threshold below which the ONS suppresses counts to protect family privacy. It was last on the published list in 2015.
Mellissa reached its peak in 1998, when 17 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #1,165 for UK girls that year. Since then, registrations have dropped below the ONS reporting threshold of three babies per year.
Across 18 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 156 girls have been officially registered with the name Mellissa in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 4 girls were registered with the name.