Girls' name · since 2001
Meliha
Since 2001, U.S. Social Security records show 83 babies named Meliha, peaking in 2020. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 83
- total births
- 2001–2023
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 43%
- born in that decade
Meliha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 83 have been recorded since 2001.
Social Security Administration records show Meliha recorded 83 times among girls since 2001, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2023.
- 83 total births
- 2001–2023 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 43% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Meliha's 83 recorded births place it above 59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Meliha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Meliha's full recorded timeline at 2016, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2008, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Meliha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2023
- Peak year (2020)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Meliha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Meliha's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Meliha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
25 births
- 2010s
2010s
36 births
- 2020s
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 36 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Meliha's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (36 total births) through the 2020s (22) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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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, 2001–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Meliha: Baby Name Since 2001 - 83 Births, Peak 2020." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/meliha. 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 Meliha 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.