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.

Meleah

#5,360 most common girls' name of all time · #9,081 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1955–2025

Rank among girls
#5,360
Rank overall
#9,081 of 105,966
First appeared
1955
Years on the list
68 of 146
All-time
1,512
Since 2016
163
Peak year
2007 #3,394
Best rank
#2,838 1978
Girls Boys peak 49/yr
1960198020002020

Meleah 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 11 — 11 #8,968
2024 13 — 13 #8,065
2023 14 — 14 #7,726
2022 13 — 13 #8,150
2021 10 — 10 #9,727
2020 18 — 18 #6,399
2019 16 — 16 #7,094
2018 23 — 23 #5,495
2017 18 — 18 #6,596
2016 27 — 27 #5,035
2015 27 — 27 #5,015
2014 29 — 29 #4,805
2013 28 — 28 #4,928
2012 44 — 44 #3,602
2011 44 — 44 #3,571
2010 37 — 37 #4,041
2009 46 — 46 #3,524
2008 39 — 39 #4,034
2007 49 — 49 #3,394
2006 39 — 39 #3,872
2005 31 — 31 #4,406
2004 43 — 43 #3,456
2003 37 — 37 #3,751
2002 40 — 40 #3,418
2001 42 — 42 #3,282
2000 42 — 42 #3,233
1999 32 — 32 #3,750
1998 39 — 39 #3,190
1997 39 — 39 #3,071
1996 25 — 25 #4,225
1995 23 — 23 #4,394
1994 26 — 26 #4,055
1993 18 — 18 #5,277
1992 18 — 18 #5,352
1991 21 — 21 #4,702
1990 17 — 17 #5,390
1989 25 — 25 #3,953
1988 26 — 26 #3,639
1987 11 — 11 #6,499
1986 22 — 22 #3,823
1985 22 — 22 #3,786
1984 18 — 18 #4,237
1983 19 — 19 #4,030
1982 24 — 24 #3,478
1981 19 — 19 #4,094
1980 16 — 16 #4,622
1979 24 — 24 #3,392
1978 29 — 29 #2,838
1977 20 — 20 #3,693
1976 20 — 20 #3,484
1975 15 — 15 #4,273
1974 16 — 16 #3,966
1973 7 — 7 #7,020
1972 6 — 6 #7,747
1971 8 — 8 #6,323
1970 12 — 12 #4,669
1969 14 — 14 #3,893
1968 15 — 15 #3,563
1967 5 — 5 #7,362
1966 5 — 5 #7,169
1965 8 — 8 #5,177
1964 12 — 12 #4,058
1963 10 — 10 #4,495
1962 5 — 5 #7,252
1959 8 — 8 #4,985
1957 12 — 12 #3,688
1956 12 — 12 #3,692
1955 9 — 9 #4,372