Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

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
192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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