Melena — #7650 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Melena

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,245 babies named Melena between 1957 and 2024, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Melena currently holds the #7650 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 52 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Melena performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 374 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Melena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 42 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Kentucky. In total, SSA state-level files list Melena in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Melena 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 1,245 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.