Mele — #9042 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Mele

The Social Security Administration has registered 914 babies named Mele between 1955 and 2024, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mele currently holds the #9042 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mele performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 217 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Mele shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 291 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Utah and Hawaii. In total, SSA state-level files list Mele in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mele 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 914 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.