Girls' name · since 1964
Melecia
40 babies named Melecia in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 40
- total births
- 1964–1995
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 48%
- born in that decade
Melecia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 40 have been recorded since 1964.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melecia has been recorded 40 times among girls since 1964, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 1995.
- 40 total births
- 1964–1995 years on record
- 1960s peak decade
- 48% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Melecia's 40 recorded births place it above 48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Melecia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Melecia's full recorded timeline at 1980, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1968 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Melecia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–1995
- Peak year (1968)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Melecia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1960s was Melecia's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Melecia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
19 births
- 1980s
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 19 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Melecia's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (19 total births) through the 1990s (10) -- 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, 1964–1995 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Melecia: Baby Name Since 1964 - 40 Births, Peak 1968." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/melecia. 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 Melecia 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.