Melecia — girls' name
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.
The verdict
40 girls have been named Melecia since 1964, peaking in the 1960s, last recorded in 1995.
- 40
- total births
- 1964–1995
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 48%
- born in that decade
48% of everyone ever named Melecia was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Melecia in 1968 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Melecia
The Social Security Administration has registered 40 babies named Melecia between 1964 and 1995, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Melecia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Melecia performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Melecia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Melecia 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 40 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.
Melecia at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Melecia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1964
- Peak year (1968)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
40 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1968 with 7 births in a single year.
Melecia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 19 births that decade — 48% of Melecia's all-time total
Melecia decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Melecia's strongest decade
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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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, 1964–1995 (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.