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.

Melita

#4,680 most common girls' name of all time · #7,957 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1894–2023

Rank among girls
#4,680
Rank overall
#7,957 of 105,966
First appeared
1894
Years on the list
117 of 146
All-time
1,861
Since 2016
44
Peak year
1973 #1,866
Best rank
#1,479 1894
Girls Boys peak 45/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Melita first appears in 1894. 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
2023 5 — 5 #15,287
2022 6 — 6 #13,665
2021 6 — 6 #13,536
2020 5 — 5 #15,176
2019 5 — 5 #15,637
2018 5 — 5 #15,772
2017 7 — 7 #12,763
2016 5 — 5 #16,306
2015 6 — 6 #14,555
2014 6 — 6 #14,640
2013 9 — 9 #11,050
2012 7 — 7 #13,533
2011 5 — 5 #16,858
2010 7 — 7 #13,505
2008 15 — 15 #8,132
2007 13 — 13 #9,032
2006 7 — 7 #13,667
2005 6 — 6 #14,583
2004 6 — 6 #14,246
2003 14 — 14 #7,604
2002 14 — 14 #7,463
2001 14 — 14 #7,343
2000 7 — 7 #11,873
1999 6 — 6 #12,761
1998 8 — 8 #10,176
1997 7 — 7 #10,891
1995 9 — 9 #8,820
1994 12 — 12 #7,144
1993 5 — 5 #13,545
1992 5 — 5 #13,422
1991 15 — 15 #5,976
1990 14 — 14 #6,166
1989 15 — 15 #5,581
1988 14 — 14 #5,631
1987 18 — 18 #4,499
1986 12 — 12 #5,791
1985 14 — 14 #5,116
1984 12 — 12 #5,577
1983 20 — 20 #3,829
1982 18 — 18 #4,193
1981 36 — 36 #2,574
1980 42 — 42 #2,312
1979 31 — 31 #2,806
1978 45 — 45 #2,097
1977 42 — 42 #2,193
1976 41 — 41 #2,112
1975 39 — 39 #2,174
1974 36 — 36 #2,217
1973 45 — 45 #1,866
1972 35 — 35 #2,180
1971 42 — 42 #2,014
1970 41 — 41 #2,025
1969 37 — 37 #2,069
1968 35 — 35 #2,033
1967 35 — 35 #1,986
1966 34 — 34 #1,992
1965 26 — 26 #2,362
1964 29 — 29 #2,262
1963 37 — 37 #1,927
1962 35 — 35 #1,960
1961 29 — 29 #2,216
1960 21 — 21 #2,666
1959 22 — 22 #2,470
1958 20 — 20 #2,608
1957 26 — 26 #2,184
1956 38 — 38 #1,722
1955 37 — 37 #1,706
1954 21 — 21 #2,401
1953 16 — 16 #2,736
1952 19 — 19 #2,442
1951 31 — 31 #1,759
1950 22 — 22 #2,081
1949 19 — 19 #2,304
1948 13 — 13 #2,876
1947 20 — 20 #2,232
1946 10 — 10 #3,279
1945 9 — 9 #3,193
1944 10 — 10 #3,006
1943 6 — 6 #4,297
1942 9 — 9 #3,278
1941 6 — 6 #4,067
1940 8 — 8 #3,286
1939 9 — 9 #2,985
1938 13 — 13 #2,385
1937 7 — 7 #3,515
1936 11 — 11 #2,583
1935 9 — 9 #2,991
1934 5 — 5 #4,409
1933 10 — 10 #2,749
1932 12 — 12 #2,550
1931 7 — 7 #3,595
1930 15 — 15 #2,248
1929 14 — 14 #2,358
1928 10 — 10 #3,005
1926 10 — 10 #3,112
1925 9 — 9 #3,437
1924 10 — 10 #3,221
1923 10 — 10 #3,191
1922 9 — 9 #3,446
1921 8 — 8 #3,743
1920 8 — 8 #3,669
1919 9 — 9 #3,270
1918 18 — 18 #2,063
1917 16 — 16 #2,158
1916 12 — 12 #2,567
1915 10 — 10 #2,763
1914 5 — 5 #3,736
1913 8 — 8 #2,409
1912 9 — 9 #2,068
1911 9 — 9 #1,737
1909 6 — 6 #2,081
1907 5 — 5 #2,228
1904 7 — 7 #1,614
1901 6 — 6 #1,622
1900 5 — 5 #2,086
1898 5 — 5 #1,877
1894 6 — 6 #1,479