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Girl name

Melesa

100% girls · last recorded 1993

Melesa has been given to about 130 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1963, which makes it a boomer-era name.

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Origin—
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Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 121
Median age today54 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Melesa per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year1963 · 9
  • Born in 20250
  • All time130

How popular is Melesa?

Its best year was 1963, when 9 babies were given the name, ranking 4774th. The typical living American called Melesa is about 54 years old today.

Names that sound like Melesa

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Melissa0.80
  2. Melisa0.82
  3. Mellisa0.80
  4. Teresa0.75
  5. Mellissa0.78
  6. Leesa0.75
  7. Teressa0.73
  8. Venessa0.73

Middle names for Melesa

Ranked by flow score
  1. Melesa Rose0.85
  2. Melesa Louise0.85
  3. Melesa June0.84
  4. Melesa Pearl0.84
  5. Melesa Quinn0.84
  6. Melesa Nell0.84

Sibling names for Melesa

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Scottbrother · 0.55
  2. Kimberlysister · 0.53
  3. Jeffreybrother · 0.53
  4. Brianbrother · 0.53
  5. Heidisister · 0.52
  6. Laurasister · 0.52

Where Melesa is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Melesa White0.80
    2. Melesa Reyes0.80
    3. Melesa Nguyen0.80
    4. Melesa Lee0.80
    5. Melesa Hill0.80
    6. Melesa Green0.80

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Melesa

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.