Girls' name · since 1979
Meliah
Meliah has 765 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,012 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,618 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 765
- born since 1979
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Meliah is the #5618 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 765 recorded since 1979.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meliah has been recorded 765 times among girls since 1979, currently ranked #5618 nationally and more common than 68% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #9,012 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,618 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 765 born since 1979
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meliah ranks #9,012 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,618 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 765 born since 1979, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,012 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,618 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 765
- born since 1979
- 2010s
- peak decade
Meliah's 765 recorded births place it above 87.53% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Meliah compares
765 Top 37% higher than 63% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Meliah's all-time total is 103% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Meliah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 765 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 50 | 21 | 19,840 |
Meliah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Meliah's full recorded timeline at 2007, 70% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 30% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 50 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Meliah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 50
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Meliah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (304 births, 40% of the file).
2010s was Meliah's strongest decade.
304 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Meliah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s 61
1990s
61 births
- 2000s
2000s
251 births
- 2010s
2010s
304 births
- 2020s
2020s
126 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 304 births (40% of all-time use).
How Meliah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Meliah's total volume
Meliah by state
Where Meliah concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 47 | 6.1% |
| #2 | Florida | | 16 | 2.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 10 | 1.3% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.7% |
47 of 765 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Meliah's data
- Meliah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (304 total births) through the 2020s (126) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Meliahs (47 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Meliah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~46 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1979–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Meliah 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 August 2026.