Girls' name · since 1979
Melian
Melian has 20 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #46,122 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 20
- born since 1979
- 2020s
- peak decade
Melian is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 20 have been recorded since 1979.
Social Security Administration records show Melian recorded 20 times among girls since 1979, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2024.
- #46,122 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 20 born since 1979
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melian ranks #46,122 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 20 born since 1979, peaking in the 2020s.
- #46,122 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 20
- born since 1979
- 2020s
- peak decade
Melian's 20 recorded births place it above 35.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Melian's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Melian's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 70% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 30%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2008, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Melian popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2024
- Peak year (2024)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Melian by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (9 births, 45% of the file).
2020s was Melian's strongest decade.
9 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Melian births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
9 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 9 births (45% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Melian: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1979–2024 (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 Melian 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.