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Malissa

As a girl's name, Malissa traces back to Greek, where it is understood to mean "Greek, honey bee". It had its heyday in the 1970s and has mostly fallen out of use since. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. Since 1900, roughly 8,435 babies in the U.S. have been given this name.

EtymologyVariant of Melissa
GreekGreek – "honey bee"
Births by decade
1900s
196
1910s
250
1920s
265
1930s
121
1940s
149
1950s
293
1960s
1,403
1970s
2,657
1980s
1,804
1990s
902
2000s
302
2010s
93
Peaked in the 1970s · 8,435 total U.S. births since 1900