Mela — #5430 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Mela

The Social Security Administration has registered 988 babies named Mela between 1905 and 2024, spanning 120 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mela currently holds the #5430 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 55 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mela performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 338 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Mela shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Mexico, which accounts for 121 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Mela in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mela in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 988 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.