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.

Melaina

#6,250 most common girls' name of all time · #10,562 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1964–2025

Rank among girls
#6,250
Rank overall
#10,562 of 105,966
First appeared
1964
Years on the list
59 of 146
All-time
1,197
Since 2016
142
Peak year
2004 #2,251
Best rank
#2,251 2004
Girls Boys peak 78/yr
198020002020

Melaina first appears in 1964. 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 9 — 9 #10,285
2024 9 — 9 #10,458
2023 11 — 11 #9,147
2022 8 — 8 #11,469
2021 8 — 8 #11,377
2020 15 — 15 #7,312
2019 19 — 19 #6,244
2018 16 — 16 #7,172
2017 17 — 17 #6,869
2016 30 — 30 #4,658
2015 21 — 21 #6,102
2014 22 — 22 #5,854
2013 30 — 30 #4,685
2012 27 — 27 #5,158
2011 27 — 27 #5,113
2010 31 — 31 #4,643
2009 33 — 33 #4,512
2008 44 — 44 #3,668
2007 37 — 37 #4,153
2006 63 — 63 #2,797
2005 55 — 55 #2,948
2004 78 — 78 #2,251
2003 38 — 38 #3,686
2002 24 — 24 #4,970
2001 33 — 33 #3,897
2000 33 — 33 #3,837
1999 24 — 24 #4,631
1998 20 — 20 #5,212
1997 15 — 15 #6,278
1996 30 — 30 #3,671
1995 29 — 29 #3,719
1994 28 — 28 #3,835
1993 28 — 28 #3,833
1992 33 — 33 #3,394
1991 23 — 23 #4,420
1990 13 — 13 #6,604
1989 7 — 7 #10,061
1988 10 — 10 #7,345
1987 7 — 7 #9,175
1986 8 — 8 #8,058
1985 10 — 10 #6,687
1984 14 — 14 #5,093
1983 5 — 5 #10,923
1982 15 — 15 #4,847
1981 7 — 7 #8,532
1980 15 — 15 #4,904
1979 10 — 10 #6,486
1978 14 — 14 #4,837
1977 12 — 12 #5,396
1976 8 — 8 #6,980
1975 9 — 9 #6,290
1974 6 — 6 #8,246
1973 10 — 10 #5,463
1972 8 — 8 #6,381
1971 10 — 10 #5,453
1970 13 — 13 #4,460
1969 5 — 5 #8,267
1967 8 — 8 #5,410
1964 5 — 5 #7,741