Recorded 2001–2023 Girls' name Peak 2020 83 births

Meliha — girls' name

83 babies named Meliha in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s252010s362020s22

The verdict

83 girls have been named Meliha since 2001, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2023.

83
total births
2001–2023
years on record
2010s
peak decade
43%
born in that decade
2010s
Peak decade

43% of everyone ever named Meliha was born in this single decade.

2020
Single peak year

10 babies were named Meliha in 2020 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Meliha

The Social Security Administration has registered 83 babies named Meliha between 2001 and 2023, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Meliha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Meliha performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Meliha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Meliha 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 83 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.

Meliha at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

83

Since 2001

23 years of records

Peak year

2020

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

2001

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 2023

Meliha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2001

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2020)
10
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
4681012 2023202020182016201020082001 6

Meliha by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
36 births that decade — 43% of Meliha's all-time total
2000s252010s362020s22

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Meliha?
83 babies have been named Meliha since 2001. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2020 with 10 births.
When was Meliha most popular?
Meliha was most popular in the 2010s decade with 36 total births. The single peak year was 2020.
How long has the name Meliha been used?
Meliha has been recorded in Social Security data since 2001, spanning 23 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Meliha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Melissa, Melanie, Melinda, Melody, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2001–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.