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.

Melena

#6,071 most common girls' name of all time · #10,248 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1957–2025

Rank among girls
#6,071
Rank overall
#10,248 of 105,966
First appeared
1957
Years on the list
64 of 146
All-time
1,254
Since 2016
112
Peak year
2001 #2,824
Best rank
#2,552 1975
Girls Boys peak 52/yr
1960198020002020

Melena first appears in 1957. 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 8 — 8 #11,134
2024 14 — 14 #7,681
2023 10 — 10 #9,752
2022 10 — 10 #9,816
2021 13 — 13 #8,110
2020 8 — 8 #11,278
2019 11 — 11 #9,239
2018 12 — 12 #8,740
2017 12 — 12 #8,898
2016 14 — 14 #8,080
2015 13 — 13 #8,553
2014 16 — 16 #7,376
2013 16 — 16 #7,471
2012 22 — 22 #5,955
2011 21 — 21 #6,197
2010 10 — 10 #10,604
2009 23 — 23 #5,948
2008 31 — 31 #4,792
2007 40 — 40 #3,938
2006 38 — 38 #3,937
2005 36 — 36 #3,965
2004 35 — 35 #4,025
2003 35 — 35 #3,888
2002 48 — 48 #3,033
2001 52 — 52 #2,824
2000 36 — 36 #3,620
1999 45 — 45 #2,958
1998 21 — 21 #5,009
1997 18 — 18 #5,475
1996 26 — 26 #4,104
1995 30 — 30 #3,621
1994 20 — 20 #4,901
1993 25 — 25 #4,168
1992 17 — 17 #5,578
1991 18 — 18 #5,272
1990 15 — 15 #5,947
1989 13 — 13 #6,286
1988 7 — 7 #9,559
1987 10 — 10 #6,994
1986 9 — 9 #7,366
1985 12 — 12 #5,831
1984 11 — 11 #6,082
1983 15 — 15 #4,782
1982 14 — 14 #5,080
1981 14 — 14 #5,100
1980 19 — 19 #4,074
1979 20 — 20 #3,844
1978 20 — 20 #3,719
1977 22 — 22 #3,447
1976 21 — 21 #3,369
1975 31 — 31 #2,552
1974 29 — 29 #2,607
1973 21 — 21 #3,207
1972 19 — 19 #3,362
1971 22 — 22 #3,139
1970 18 — 18 #3,541
1969 14 — 14 #3,901
1968 17 — 17 #3,286
1967 15 — 15 #3,460
1966 5 — 5 #7,223
1965 8 — 8 #5,201
1964 12 — 12 #4,065
1962 11 — 11 #4,241
1957 6 — 6 #6,061