Mela
#6,992 most common girls' name of all time · #11,762 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1905–2025
Rank among girls
#6,992
Rank overall
#11,762 of 105,966
First appeared
1905
Years on the list
73 of 146
All-time
1,015
Since 2016
348
Peak year
2019 #2,967
Best rank
#2,216 1905
Girls
Boys
peak 55/yr
Mela first appears in 1905. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | — | 26 | #4,999 |
| 2024 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,314 |
| 2023 | 27 | — | 27 | #4,892 |
| 2022 | 32 | — | 32 | #4,394 |
| 2021 | 33 | — | 33 | #4,260 |
| 2020 | 48 | — | 48 | #3,234 |
| 2019 | 55 | — | 55 | #2,967 |
| 2018 | 40 | — | 40 | #3,744 |
| 2017 | 31 | — | 31 | #4,489 |
| 2016 | 32 | — | 32 | #4,435 |
| 2015 | 37 | — | 37 | #4,001 |
| 2014 | 38 | — | 38 | #3,933 |
| 2013 | 31 | — | 31 | #4,551 |
| 2012 | 29 | — | 29 | #4,849 |
| 2011 | 27 | — | 27 | #5,078 |
| 2010 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,943 |
| 2009 | 15 | — | 15 | #8,096 |
| 2008 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,574 |
| 2007 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,907 |
| 2006 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,559 |
| 2005 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,363 |
| 2004 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,760 |
| 2003 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,480 |
| 2002 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,168 |
| 1999 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,780 |
| 1998 | 8 | — | 8 | #10,189 |
| 1991 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,298 |
| 1988 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,948 |
| 1983 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,121 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,212 |
| 1977 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,576 |
| 1976 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,472 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,223 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,573 |
| 1970 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,476 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,618 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,707 |
| 1964 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,928 |
| 1962 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,423 |
| 1959 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,899 |
| 1958 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,552 |
| 1956 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,149 |
| 1955 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,146 |
| 1954 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,795 |
| 1953 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,558 |
| 1951 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,501 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,480 |
| 1947 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,121 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,565 |
| 1944 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,214 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,602 |
| 1940 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,016 |
| 1934 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,263 |
| 1933 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,255 |
| 1932 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,440 |
| 1931 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,529 |
| 1930 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,484 |
| 1929 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,252 |
| 1928 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,564 |
| 1927 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,394 |
| 1926 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,677 |
| 1925 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,564 |
| 1924 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,137 |
| 1923 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,162 |
| 1922 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,255 |
| 1921 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,514 |
| 1920 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,130 |
| 1919 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,120 |
| 1918 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,373 |
| 1916 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,400 |
| 1915 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,019 |
| 1914 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,388 |
| 1905 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,216 |