Melah — #5902 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Melah

The Social Security Administration has registered 397 babies named Melah between 2005 and 2024, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Melah currently holds the #5902 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Melah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 244 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Melah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Melah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Melah 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 397 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.