Girls' name · since 1962
Melesia
38 babies named Melesia in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1962. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 38
- total births
- 1962–1980
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 58%
- born in that decade
38 girls have been named Melesia since 1962, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melesia has been recorded 38 times among girls since 1962, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1962 to 1980.
- 38 total births
- 1962–1980 years on record
- 1960s peak decade
- 58% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Melesia's 38 recorded births place it above 47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Melesia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Melesia's SSA record in two at 1966 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 1964, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1962 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Melesia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–1980
- Peak year (1962)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Melesia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1960s was Melesia's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Melesia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
22 births
- 1970s
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 22 births (58% of all-time use).
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- Melesia's decade-level peak was the 1960s (22 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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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, 1962–1980 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Melesia: Baby Name Since 1962 - 38 Births, Peak 1962." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/melesia. 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 Melesia 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.