Melida — #9588 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Melida

The Social Security Administration has registered 678 babies named Melida between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Melida currently holds the #9588 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Melida performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 90 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Melida shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 88 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Melida in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Melida 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 678 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.