Girls' name · since 1955
Meleah
Meleah has 1,512 recorded births since 1955 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,669 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,954 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,512
- born since 1955
- 2000s
- peak decade
1,512 babies have been named Meleah since 1955, making it today's #8954 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meleah has been recorded 1,512 times among girls since 1955, currently ranked #8954 nationally and more common than 48% 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 1955 to 2025.
- #5,669 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,954 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,512 born since 1955
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meleah ranks #5,669 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,954 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,512 born since 1955, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,669 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,954 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,512
- born since 1955
- 2000s
- peak decade
Meleah's 1,512 recorded births place it above 92.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Meleah compares
1,512 Top 26% higher than 74% 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
Meleah's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Meleah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,512 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 49 | 21 | 19,840 |
Meleah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Meleah's SSA record in two at 1992 and the more recent half accounts for 66% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 34%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1962, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 49, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Meleah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 49
- Annual births at peak, across 71 years of records
Meleah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (408 births, 27% of the file).
2000s was Meleah's strongest decade.
408 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Meleah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 41
1950s
41 births
- 1960s 74
1960s
74 births
- 1970s 157
1970s
157 births
- 1980s
1980s
202 births
- 1990s
1990s
258 births
- 2000s
2000s
408 births
- 2010s
2010s
293 births
- 2020s 79
2020s
79 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 408 births (27% of all-time use).
How Meleah 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 Meleah's total volume
Meleah by state
Where Meleah concentrates geographically, total births since 1955
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 44 | 2.9% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 16 | 1.1% |
| #3 | Oklahoma | | 7 | 0.5% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #5 | Florida | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.3% |
44 of 1,512 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Meleah's data
- Meleah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (408 total births); usage has since declined to 79 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Meleahs (44 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Meleah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~70 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, 1955–2025 (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 Meleah 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.