Melba
#756 most common girls' name of all time · #1,372 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1893–2025
Rank among girls
#756
Rank overall
#1,372 of 105,966
First appeared
1893
Years on the list
121 of 146
All-time
34,925
Since 2016
49
Peak year
1924 #202
Best rank
#202 1924
Girls
Boys
peak 1,003/yr
Melba first appears in 1893. 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 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,997 |
| 2024 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,167 |
| 2022 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,087 |
| 2020 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,167 |
| 2017 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,660 |
| 2016 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,145 |
| 2014 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,623 |
| 2013 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,646 |
| 2009 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,310 |
| 2008 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,476 |
| 2004 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,674 |
| 2002 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,241 |
| 2001 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,587 |
| 2000 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,232 |
| 1999 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,527 |
| 1998 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,310 |
| 1997 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,867 |
| 1996 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,861 |
| 1995 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,123 |
| 1994 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,753 |
| 1993 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,101 |
| 1992 | 17 | — | 17 | #5,507 |
| 1991 | 18 | — | 18 | #5,202 |
| 1990 | 23 | — | 23 | #4,247 |
| 1989 | 22 | — | 22 | #4,259 |
| 1988 | 23 | — | 23 | #3,908 |
| 1987 | 35 | — | 35 | #2,791 |
| 1986 | 28 | — | 28 | #3,210 |
| 1985 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,301 |
| 1984 | 28 | — | 28 | #3,082 |
| 1983 | 36 | — | 36 | #2,525 |
| 1982 | 35 | — | 35 | #2,655 |
| 1981 | 40 | — | 40 | #2,417 |
| 1980 | 46 | — | 46 | #2,193 |
| 1979 | 47 | — | 47 | #2,121 |
| 1978 | 61 | — | 61 | #1,714 |
| 1977 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,926 |
| 1976 | 64 | — | 64 | #1,573 |
| 1975 | 69 | — | 69 | #1,485 |
| 1974 | 65 | — | 65 | #1,502 |
| 1973 | 85 | — | 85 | #1,235 |
| 1972 | 113 | — | 113 | #1,035 |
| 1971 | 87 | — | 87 | #1,268 |
| 1970 | 94 | — | 94 | #1,207 |
| 1969 | 77 | — | 77 | #1,278 |
| 1968 | 81 | — | 81 | #1,211 |
| 1967 | 105 | — | 105 | #999 |
| 1966 | 125 | — | 125 | #901 |
| 1965 | 144 | — | 144 | #830 |
| 1964 | 142 | — | 142 | #870 |
| 1963 | 183 | — | 183 | #761 |
| 1962 | 188 | — | 188 | #760 |
| 1961 | 238 | — | 238 | #669 |
| 1960 | 255 | — | 255 | #634 |
| 1959 | 265 | — | 265 | #612 |
| 1958 | 294 | — | 294 | #576 |
| 1957 | 388 | — | 388 | #484 |
| 1956 | 358 | — | 358 | #495 |
| 1955 | 404 | — | 404 | #447 |
| 1954 | 439 | — | 439 | #412 |
| 1953 | 460 | — | 460 | #395 |
| 1952 | 368 | — | 368 | #449 |
| 1951 | 423 | — | 423 | #399 |
| 1950 | 393 | — | 393 | #403 |
| 1949 | 427 | — | 427 | #379 |
| 1948 | 454 | — | 454 | #370 |
| 1947 | 523 | — | 523 | #349 |
| 1946 | 529 | — | 529 | #325 |
| 1945 | 502 | — | 502 | #306 |
| 1944 | 565 | — | 565 | #288 |
| 1943 | 597 | — | 597 | #286 |
| 1942 | 648 | — | 648 | #274 |
| 1941 | 715 | 7 | 722 | #243 |
| 1940 | 731 | — | 731 | #232 |
| 1939 | 781 | — | 781 | #213 |
| 1938 | 850 | — | 850 | #206 |
| 1937 | 789 | — | 789 | #212 |
| 1936 | 721 | 7 | 728 | #226 |
| 1935 | 758 | — | 758 | #225 |
| 1934 | 771 | — | 771 | #224 |
| 1933 | 776 | 5 | 781 | #217 |
| 1932 | 873 | — | 873 | #207 |
| 1931 | 770 | 8 | 778 | #217 |
| 1930 | 862 | — | 862 | #210 |
| 1929 | 817 | 5 | 822 | #217 |
| 1928 | 868 | — | 868 | #214 |
| 1927 | 892 | 6 | 898 | #213 |
| 1926 | 918 | — | 918 | #208 |
| 1925 | 938 | — | 938 | #210 |
| 1924 | 998 | 5 | 1,003 | #202 |
| 1923 | 922 | — | 922 | #211 |
| 1922 | 929 | — | 929 | #208 |
| 1921 | 910 | 9 | 919 | #210 |
| 1920 | 907 | — | 907 | #210 |
| 1919 | 791 | — | 791 | #221 |
| 1918 | 822 | — | 822 | #219 |
| 1917 | 701 | — | 701 | #234 |
| 1916 | 581 | — | 581 | #251 |
| 1915 | 493 | — | 493 | #264 |
| 1914 | 352 | — | 352 | #279 |
| 1913 | 274 | — | 274 | #286 |
| 1912 | 218 | — | 218 | #312 |
| 1911 | 146 | — | 146 | #328 |
| 1910 | 160 | — | 160 | #305 |
| 1909 | 123 | — | 123 | #329 |
| 1908 | 106 | — | 106 | #347 |
| 1907 | 113 | — | 113 | #328 |
| 1906 | 98 | — | 98 | #338 |
| 1905 | 102 | — | 102 | #337 |
| 1904 | 61 | — | 61 | #417 |
| 1903 | 45 | — | 45 | #481 |
| 1902 | 35 | — | 35 | #558 |
| 1901 | 36 | — | 36 | #512 |
| 1900 | 44 | — | 44 | #515 |
| 1899 | 46 | — | 46 | #432 |
| 1898 | 60 | — | 60 | #400 |
| 1897 | 36 | — | 36 | #490 |
| 1896 | 33 | — | 33 | #527 |
| 1895 | 19 | — | 19 | #745 |
| 1894 | 15 | — | 15 | #811 |
| 1893 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,275 |