Melba — #11100 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Melba

The Social Security Administration has registered 34,866 babies named Melba between 1893 and 2024, spanning 132 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Melba currently holds the #11100 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 998 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Melba performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 9,099 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Melba shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5,944 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Melba in 44 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Melba 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 34,866 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.