Girls' name · since 1973
Meleka
Since 1973, U.S. Social Security records show 12 babies named Meleka, peaking in 1973. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 12
- total births
- 1973–1995
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
Meleka sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 12 recorded since 1973.
Meleka has 12 recorded births among girls since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 1995.
- 12 total births
- 1973–1995 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 50% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Meleka's 12 recorded births place it above 27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Meleka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Meleka's SSA record in two at 1995 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1973, with only 6 births recorded.
Meleka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1995
- Peak year (1973)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Meleka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Meleka's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Meleka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 6 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Meleka's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (6 total births) through the 1990s (6) -- 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, 1973–1995 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Meleka: Baby Name Since 1973 - 12 Births, Peak 1973." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/meleka. 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 Meleka 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.