Girls' name · since 1954
Melea
Melea has 1,096 recorded births since 1954 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,043 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,570 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,096
- born since 1954
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Melea is the #7570 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,096 recorded since 1954.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melea has been recorded 1,096 times among girls since 1954, currently ranked #7570 nationally and more common than 56% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1954 to 2025.
- #7,043 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,570 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,096 born since 1954
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melea ranks #7,043 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,570 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,096 born since 1954, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,043 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,570 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,096
- born since 1954
- 2000s
- peak decade
Melea's 1,096 recorded births place it above 90.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Melea compares
1,096 Top 31% higher than 69% 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
Melea's all-time total is 191% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Melea | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,096 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 32 | 21 | 19,840 |
Melea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Melea's SSA record in two at 1990 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1959, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 32, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Melea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 72 years of records
Melea by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (227 births, 21% of the file).
2000s was Melea's strongest decade.
227 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Melea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 73
1950s
73 births
- 1960s
1960s
92 births
- 1970s
1970s
153 births
- 1980s
1980s
158 births
- 1990s
1990s
165 births
- 2000s
2000s
227 births
- 2010s
2010s
153 births
- 2020s 75
2020s
75 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 227 births (21% of all-time use).
How Melea 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 Melea's total volume
Melea by state
Where Melea concentrates geographically, total births since 1954
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 20 | 1.8% |
20 of 1,096 births nationwide.
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What to do with Melea's data
- Melea's decade-level peak was the 2000s (227 total births); usage has since declined to 75 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Meleas (20 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Melea
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Melea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~71 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, 1954–2025 (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 Melea 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.