Malissa

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Malissa first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 144 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1979 with 307 babies (rank #588 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Malissa

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Malissa yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

2Destiny numberThe peacemakerDiplomatic, sensitive, partnership-minded.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
11Soul urgeThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
9PersonalityThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

8,858

Total babies (all years)

144

Years in the data

307

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	22	#348
1881	16	#429
1882	7	#784
1883	24	#384
1884	13	#606
1885	25	#423
1886	21	#487
1887	17	#550
1888	16	#656
1889	24	#526
1890	20	#592
1891	17	#657
1892	21	#631
1893	20	#653
1894	18	#712
1895	24	#636
1896	25	#628
1897	17	#778
1898	12	#1,031
1899	18	#779
1900	30	#652
1901	14	#905
1902	24	#706
1903	14	#958
1904	20	#823
1905	23	#771
1906	20	#832
1907	22	#809
1908	15	#1,071
1909	14	#1,134
1910	22	#932
1911	17	#1,095
1912	25	#1,045
1913	22	#1,208
1914	35	#1,015
1915	23	#1,553
1916	25	#1,512
1917	23	#1,633
1918	28	#1,521
1919	30	#1,439
1920	28	#1,571
1921	32	#1,459
1922	29	#1,557
1923	29	#1,543
1924	42	#1,237
1925	18	#2,159
1926	25	#1,696
1927	26	#1,655
1928	17	#2,154
1929	19	#1,928
1930	21	#1,787
1931	13	#2,377
1932	15	#2,198
1933	10	#2,801
1934	8	#3,347
1935	14	#2,263
1936	7	#3,589
1937	12	#2,519
1938	5	#4,730
1939	16	#2,091
1940	18	#1,938
1941	6	#4,244
1942	17	#2,167
1943	16	#2,317
1944	8	#3,570
1945	10	#3,045
1946	18	#2,282
1947	24	#2,024
1948	15	#2,659
1949	17	#2,476
1950	20	#2,226
1951	31	#1,763
1952	23	#2,175
1953	22	#2,271
1954	22	#2,341
1955	22	#2,380
1956	36	#1,781
1957	47	#1,581
1958	38	#1,781
1959	32	#2,006
1960	51	#1,571
1961	56	#1,510
1962	62	#1,415
1963	83	#1,207
1964	96	#1,122
1965	126	#896
1966	183	#729
1967	221	#642
1968	257	#600
1969	268	#612
1970	265	#630
1971	294	#592
1972	305	#548
1973	288	#570
1974	234	#651
1975	231	#659
1976	231	#665
1977	258	#643
1978	244	#660
1979	307	#588
1980	207	#793
1981	228	#725
1982	211	#777
1983	177	#865
1984	183	#843
1985	170	#930
1986	169	#942
1987	148	#1,046
1988	158	#1,027
1989	153	#1,097
1990	150	#1,151
1991	129	#1,296
1992	129	#1,308
1993	112	#1,441
1994	95	#1,601
1995	60	#2,228
1996	65	#2,120
1997	64	#2,167
1998	55	#2,518
1999	43	#3,086
2000	35	#3,706
2001	32	#3,998
2002	32	#4,042
2003	30	#4,376
2004	30	#4,567
2005	31	#4,445
2006	28	#5,046
2007	32	#4,626
2008	32	#4,722
2009	20	#6,723
2010	12	#9,587
2011	16	#7,666
2012	8	#12,978
2013	13	#8,880
2014	16	#7,521
2015	11	#9,912
2016	12	#9,219
2017	6	#15,258
2018	14	#8,008
2019	5	#17,088
2020	8	#11,741
2021	6	#14,609
2022	5	#16,821
2023	7	#12,958