Melenda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Melenda

The Social Security Administration has registered 95 babies named Melenda between 1958 and 1986, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Melenda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Melenda performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Melenda shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Melenda 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 95 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.