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.

Mele

#7,432 most common girls' name of all time · #12,467 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1955–2025

Rank among girls
#7,432
Rank overall
#12,467 of 105,966
First appeared
1955
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
927
Since 2016
157
Peak year
1991 #3,332
Best rank
#3,332 1991
Girls Boys peak 33/yr
1960198020002020

Mele first appears in 1955. 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 13 — 13 #7,990
2024 11 — 11 #9,085
2023 12 — 12 #8,581
2022 20 — 20 #6,042
2021 17 — 17 #6,765
2020 15 — 15 #7,298
2019 20 — 20 #6,028
2018 16 — 16 #7,160
2017 13 — 13 #8,406
2016 20 — 20 #6,242
2015 26 — 26 #5,174
2014 21 — 21 #6,053
2013 16 — 16 #7,467
2012 8 — 8 #12,413
2011 10 — 10 #10,522
2010 17 — 17 #7,290
2009 22 — 22 #6,141
2008 16 — 16 #7,824
2007 26 — 26 #5,412
2006 13 — 13 #8,834
2005 23 — 23 #5,482
2004 20 — 20 #6,034
2003 18 — 18 #6,375
2002 19 — 19 #5,962
2001 22 — 22 #5,234
2000 16 — 16 #6,573
1999 21 — 21 #5,100
1998 25 — 25 #4,410
1997 17 — 17 #5,707
1996 12 — 12 #7,257
1995 18 — 18 #5,293
1994 27 — 27 #3,937
1993 17 — 17 #5,504
1992 20 — 20 #4,921
1991 33 — 33 #3,332
1990 27 — 27 #3,851
1989 23 — 23 #4,170
1988 19 — 19 #4,564
1987 20 — 20 #4,190
1986 15 — 15 #5,060
1985 23 — 23 #3,686
1984 14 — 14 #5,068
1983 17 — 17 #4,375
1982 14 — 14 #5,074
1981 12 — 12 #5,712
1980 15 — 15 #4,869
1979 13 — 13 #5,253
1978 10 — 10 #6,177
1977 7 — 7 #7,900
1976 9 — 9 #6,312
1975 11 — 11 #5,338
1974 8 — 8 #6,549
1973 7 — 7 #7,026
1967 6 — 6 #6,482
1965 5 — 5 #7,151
1963 7 — 7 #5,754
1955 5 — 5 #6,672