Girls' name · since 1958
Melenda
95 babies named Melenda in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 95
- total births
- 1958–1986
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 47%
- born in that decade
Melenda is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 95 have been recorded since 1958.
Melenda has 95 recorded births among girls since 1958, 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 1958 to 1986.
- 95 total births
- 1958–1986 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 47% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Melenda's 95 recorded births place it above 62% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Melenda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Melenda's SSA record in two at 1972 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1960, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1971 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Melenda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–1986
- Peak year (1971)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Melenda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Melenda's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Melenda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1960s
1960s
26 births
- 1970s
1970s
45 births
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 45 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Melenda's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (45 total births) through the 1980s (17) -- 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, 1958–1986 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Melenda: Baby Name Since 1958 - 95 Births, Peak 1971." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/melenda. 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 Melenda 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.