Girls' name · since 1927
Melbalene
Melbalene has 11 recorded births since 1927 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1927 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 11
- total births
- 1927–1947
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
Melbalene is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 11 have been recorded since 1927.
Social Security Administration records show Melbalene recorded 11 times among girls since 1927, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1927 to 1947.
- 11 total births
- 1927–1947 years on record
- 1920s peak decade
- 55% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Melbalene's 11 recorded births place it above 25% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Melbalene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Melbalene splits its recorded history at 1947: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1947 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1927 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Melbalene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–1947
- Peak year (1927)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Melbalene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1920s was Melbalene's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Melbalene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
6 births
- 1940s
1940s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Melbalene's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (6 total births) through the 1940s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1927–1947 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Melbalene: Baby Name Since 1927 - 11 Births, Peak 1927." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/melbalene. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Melbalene 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 July 2026.