Melisa comes from the Bosnian / English / Spanish tradition, meaning Honey bee; sweet and industrious..
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How popular is Melisa?
1979peak year
Today, Melisa is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #2863), with only about 61 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1979, 661 babies were given the name (ranked #350 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1970s. Melisa's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 19,064 babies have been registered as Melisa since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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