Girls' name · since 2005
Melah
407 babies named Melah in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,383 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,870 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 407
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Melah is the #9870 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 407 recorded since 2005.
Melah has 407 recorded births among girls since 2005, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9870 as of the latest data, more common than 43% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #13,383 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,870 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 407 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melah ranks #13,383 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,870 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 407 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,383 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,870 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 407
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Melah's 407 recorded births place it above 81.49% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Illinois.
How Melah compares
407 Top 49% higher than 51% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Melah's all-time total is 8% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Melah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 407 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 39 | 21 | 19,840 |
Melah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Melah's full recorded timeline at 2015, 68% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 32% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 39 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Melah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 39
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Melah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (244 births, 60% of the file).
2010s was Melah's strongest decade.
244 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Melah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 36
2000s
36 births
- 2010s
2010s
244 births
- 2020s
2020s
127 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 244 births (60% of all-time use).
Melah by state
Where Melah concentrates geographically, total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 6 | 1.5% |
6 of 407 births nationwide.
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What to do with Melah's data
- Melah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (244 total births) through the 2020s (127) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Illinois records the most Melahs (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Melah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~20 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2005–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Melah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.