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Milissa

Recorded 1950–2008 · United States

Milissa was most popular in 1968, when 163 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,349 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,003 people named Milissa.

Most popular in1968
Rank that year#1,349
Births that year163
Total since 18803,003
Given to100% girls
Alive today~2,000
Median age53

Milissa over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Milissa’s peak in 1968. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

How old is the name Milissa?

Milissa first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1950, which makes it about 75 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 51 of the 76 years since. It was last recorded in 2008.

How many people are named Milissa?

The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,003 American births named Milissa between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,801 are estimated to be alive today.

How many babies were named Milissa in 2025?

Milissa was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.

Is Milissa a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Milissa is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,003 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

How old is someone named Milissa?

Roughly 2,801 Americans named Milissa are alive today — 93% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 53 years old, and half are between 46 and 59.

An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.

Where Milissa is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org