Malissa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-LIS-a
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Malissa is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “honeybee”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Malissa mean?
Greek: spelling of Melissa
“honeybee”
A spelling of Melissa, from Greek melissa, honeybee.
Is Malissa a girl's or a boy's name?
Malissa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malissa in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 6 girls.
Malissa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 2 | #5,287 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Malissa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Malissa, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1979, with 307 girls.
2025 had more girls named Malissa than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Malissa in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 1984, the years shaded on the chart below.
Malissa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 32 | #4,646 |
| 2007 | 32 | #4,566 |
| 2006 | 28 | #4,952 |
| 2005 | 31 | #4,369 |
| 2004 | 30 | #4,488 |
| 2003 | 30 | #4,303 |
| 2002 | 32 | #3,974 |
| 2001 | 32 | #3,936 |
| 2000 | 35 | #3,659 |
| 1999 | 43 | #3,045 |
| 1998 | 55 | #2,495 |
| 1997 | 64 | #2,155 |
| 1996 | 65 | #2,103 |
| 1995 | 60 | #2,211 |
| 1994 | 95 | #1,589 |
| 1993 | 112 | #1,436 |
| 1992 | 129 | #1,302 |
| 1991 | 129 | #1,286 |
| 1990 | 150 | #1,142 |
| 1989 | 153 | #1,088 |
| 1988 | 158 | #1,024 |
| 1987 | 148 | #1,044 |
| 1986 | 169 | #941 |
| 1985 | 170 | #929 |
| 1984 | 183 | #841 |
| 1983 | 177 | #860 |
| 1982 | 211 | #776 |
| 1981 | 228 | #722 |
| 1980 | 207 | #792 |
| 1979 | 307 | #588 |
| 1978 | 244 | #660 |
| 1977 | 258 | #643 |
| 1976 | 231 | #662 |
| 1975 | 231 | #657 |
| 1974 | 234 | #649 |
| 1973 | 288 | #570 |
| 1972 | 305 | #547 |
| 1971 | 294 | #592 |
| 1970 | 265 | #630 |
| 1969 | 268 | #612 |
| 1968 | 258 | #600 |
| 1967 | 221 | #642 |
| 1966 | 183 | #728 |
| 1965 | 126 | #894 |
| 1964 | 95 | #1,125 |
| 1963 | 83 | #1,201 |
| 1962 | 62 | #1,407 |
| 1961 | 56 | #1,498 |
| 1960 | 51 | #1,560 |
| 1959 | 32 | #1,984 |
| 1958 | 38 | #1,761 |
| 1957 | 47 | #1,569 |
| 1956 | 36 | #1,759 |
| 1955 | 22 | #2,340 |
| 1954 | 22 | #2,294 |
| 1953 | 22 | #2,235 |
| 1952 | 23 | #2,125 |
| 1951 | 31 | #1,739 |
| 1950 | 20 | #2,184 |
| 1949 | 17 | #2,409 |
| 1948 | 15 | #2,588 |
| 1947 | 24 | #1,992 |
| 1946 | 18 | #2,227 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,915 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,377 |
| 1943 | 16 | #2,250 |
| 1942 | 17 | #2,116 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,899 |
| 1939 | 16 | #2,038 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,205 |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,157 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,129 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,306 |
| 1930 | 21 | #1,747 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,891 |
| 1928 | 17 | #2,093 |
| 1927 | 26 | #1,618 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,666 |
| 1925 | 18 | #2,118 |
| 1924 | 42 | #1,227 |
| 1923 | 29 | #1,520 |
| 1922 | 29 | #1,536 |
| 1921 | 32 | #1,437 |
| 1920 | 28 | #1,550 |
| 1919 | 30 | #1,423 |
| 1918 | 28 | #1,497 |
| 1917 | 23 | #1,605 |
| 1916 | 25 | #1,485 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,523 |
| 1914 | 35 | #1,003 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,176 |
| 1912 | 25 | #1,032 |
| 1911 | 17 | #1,071 |
| 1910 | 22 | #914 |
| 1909 | 14 | #1,104 |
| 1908 | 15 | #1,044 |
| 1907 | 22 | #790 |
| 1906 | 20 | #818 |
| 1905 | 23 | #761 |
| 1904 | 20 | #805 |
| 1903 | 14 | #931 |
| 1902 | 24 | #688 |
| 1901 | 14 | #881 |
| 1900 | 30 | #639 |
| 1899 | 18 | #756 |
| 1898 | 12 | #1,009 |
| 1897 | 17 | #761 |
| 1896 | 25 | #621 |
| 1895 | 24 | #622 |
| 1894 | 18 | #697 |
| 1893 | 20 | #644 |
| 1892 | 21 | #616 |
| 1891 | 17 | #644 |
| 1890 | 20 | #578 |
| 1889 | 24 | #516 |
| 1888 | 16 | #636 |
| 1887 | 17 | #537 |
| 1886 | 21 | #476 |
| 1885 | 25 | #413 |
| 1884 | 13 | #583 |
| 1883 | 24 | #375 |
| 1882 | 7 | #740 |
| 1881 | 16 | #418 |
| 1880 | 22 | #342 |
Nicknames for Malissa
- Lissa 12 girls in the US in 2025
Names like Malissa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Melissa Anna Lydia Georgina Jessica Helena Matilda Martha Elizabeth Laura Georgia Emma
Names related to Malissa
More Greek names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Malissa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malissa, updated 20 October 2026.