Mella
#13,956 most common girls' name of all time · #23,094 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1885–2023
Rank among girls
#13,956
Rank overall
#23,094 of 105,966
First appeared
1885
Years on the list
45 of 146
All-time
333
Since 2016
57
Peak year
1921 #2,813
Best rank
#1,040 1885
Girls
Boys
peak 12/yr
Mella first appears in 1885. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,344 |
| 2022 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,077 |
| 2021 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,323 |
| 2020 | 11 | — | 11 | #8,977 |
| 2019 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,493 |
| 2018 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,466 |
| 2015 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,039 |
| 2014 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,593 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,401 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,629 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,607 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,068 |
| 1962 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,361 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,318 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,951 |
| 1957 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,964 |
| 1956 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,508 |
| 1955 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,815 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,092 |
| 1943 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,851 |
| 1941 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,022 |
| 1939 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,333 |
| 1937 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,336 |
| 1935 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,774 |
| 1934 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,218 |
| 1933 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,815 |
| 1931 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,554 |
| 1928 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,483 |
| 1927 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,340 |
| 1926 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,929 |
| 1925 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,405 |
| 1924 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,005 |
| 1923 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,162 |
| 1921 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,813 |
| 1920 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,451 |
| 1919 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,495 |
| 1918 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,058 |
| 1917 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,931 |
| 1916 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,475 |
| 1915 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,568 |
| 1914 | 5 | — | 5 | #3,685 |
| 1911 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,550 |
| 1910 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,476 |
| 1903 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,881 |
| 1885 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,040 |