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.

Meliza

#6,818 most common girls' name of all time · #11,471 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1967–2025

Rank among girls
#6,818
Rank overall
#11,471 of 105,966
First appeared
1967
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
1,054
Since 2016
47
Peak year
1997 #2,608
Best rank
#2,608 1997
Girls Boys peak 49/yr
198020002020

Meliza first appears in 1967. 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 6 — 6 #13,527
2023 5 — 5 #15,639
2022 5 — 5 #15,740
2020 5 — 5 #15,526
2019 8 — 8 #11,590
2018 7 — 7 #12,725
2017 5 — 5 #16,335
2016 6 — 6 #14,678
2015 5 — 5 #16,882
2014 6 — 6 #14,914
2013 11 — 11 #9,744
2012 17 — 17 #7,236
2011 14 — 14 #8,305
2010 21 — 21 #6,249
2009 28 — 28 #5,129
2008 34 — 34 #4,481
2007 29 — 29 #4,995
2006 29 — 29 #4,857
2005 33 — 33 #4,223
2004 36 — 36 #3,934
2003 29 — 29 #4,459
2002 35 — 35 #3,761
2001 37 — 37 #3,588
2000 33 — 33 #3,838
1999 16 — 16 #6,290
1998 39 — 39 #3,195
1997 49 — 49 #2,608
1996 39 — 39 #3,066
1995 33 — 33 #3,388
1994 26 — 26 #4,071
1993 37 — 37 #3,137
1992 37 — 37 #3,123
1991 26 — 26 #3,999
1990 21 — 21 #4,616
1989 10 — 10 #7,705
1988 12 — 12 #6,451
1987 19 — 19 #4,406
1986 12 — 12 #5,956
1985 20 — 20 #4,072
1984 11 — 11 #6,133
1983 9 — 9 #7,030
1982 17 — 17 #4,461
1981 8 — 8 #7,790
1980 18 — 18 #4,270
1979 16 — 16 #4,555
1978 15 — 15 #4,602
1977 17 — 17 #4,184
1976 11 — 11 #5,480
1975 12 — 12 #5,082
1974 11 — 11 #5,265
1973 14 — 14 #4,324
1972 11 — 11 #5,047
1971 10 — 10 #5,480
1970 10 — 10 #5,366
1969 9 — 9 #5,417
1968 7 — 7 #6,162
1967 8 — 8 #5,450