Meleana — #15719 US girls' name
276 babies named Meleana in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 11% of names given to girls today.
40% of everyone ever named Meleana was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Meleana in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Meleana
The Social Security Administration has registered 276 babies named Meleana between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Meleana currently holds the #15719 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Meleana performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 111 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Meleana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 9 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Meleana in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Meleana 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 276 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.
Meleana at a glance
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Current rank
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Meleana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1976
- Peak year (2012)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
Currently ranks #15719 among girls.
276 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 20 births in a single year.
Meleana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 111 births that decade — 40% of Meleana's all-time total
Meleana decade highlights
- Peak decade 111 births
- Runner-up 99 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Meleana's strongest decade
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Meleana by state
Where Meleana concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 9 | 3.3% |
9 of 276 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Hawaii 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Hawaii accounts for 3.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1976–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.