Girls' name · since 1964
Melaina
1,197 babies named Melaina in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,625 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,260 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,197
- born since 1964
- 2000s
- peak decade
Melaina currently ranks #10260 among girls' names in America, with 1,197 babies recorded since 1964.
Social Security Administration records show Melaina recorded 1,197 times among girls since 1964, holding rank #10260 nationally today, ahead of 41% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 2025.
- #6,625 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,260 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,197 born since 1964
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melaina ranks #6,625 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,260 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,197 born since 1964, peaking in the 2000s.
- #6,625 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,260 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,197
- born since 1964
- 2000s
- peak decade
Melaina's 1,197 recorded births place it above 90.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Melaina compares
1,197 Top 29% higher than 71% 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
Melaina's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Melaina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,197 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 78 | 21 | 19,840 |
Melaina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Melaina splits its recorded history at 1996: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1964 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 78 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Melaina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 78
- Annual births at peak, across 62 years of records
Melaina by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (438 births, 37% of the file).
2000s was Melaina's strongest decade.
438 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Melaina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 18
1960s
18 births
- 1970s 100
1970s
100 births
- 1980s 98
1980s
98 births
- 1990s
1990s
243 births
- 2000s
2000s
438 births
- 2010s
2010s
240 births
- 2020s 60
2020s
60 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 438 births (37% of all-time use).
How Melaina compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Melaina's total volume
Melaina by state
Where Melaina concentrates geographically, total births since 1964
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 21 | 1.8% |
| #2 | California | | 20 | 1.7% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 20 | 1.7% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 15 | 1.3% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 14 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 13 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Missouri | | 11 | 0.9% |
| #8 | New York | | 5 | 0.4% |
21 of 1,197 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Melaina's data
- Melaina's decade-level peak was the 2000s (438 total births); usage has since declined to 60 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Melainas (21 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Melaina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~61 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, 1964–2025 (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 Melaina 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.