Melaina — #10405 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Melaina

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,188 babies named Melaina between 1964 and 2024, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Melaina currently holds the #10405 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 78 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Melaina performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 438 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Melaina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Melaina in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Melaina 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 1,188 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.