Girls' name · since 1971
Melika
Since 1971, U.S. Social Security records show 406 babies named Melika, peaking in 1989. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,399 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,528 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 406
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Melika is the #13528 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 406 recorded since 1971.
Melika has 406 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13528 as of the latest data, more common than 22% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #13,399 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,528 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 406 born since 1971
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melika ranks #13,399 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,528 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 406 born since 1971, peaking in the 1990s.
- #13,399 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,528 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 406
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Melika's 406 recorded births place it above 81.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Melika compares
406 Top 49% higher than 51% 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
Melika's all-time total is 8% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Melika | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 406 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Melika's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Melika's SSA record in two at 1998 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1984, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1989 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Melika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (1989)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Melika by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (100 births, 25% of the file).
1990s was Melika's strongest decade.
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Melika births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
64 births
- 1980s
1980s
63 births
- 1990s
1990s
100 births
- 2000s
2000s
91 births
- 2010s
2010s
53 births
- 2020s 35
2020s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 100 births (25% of all-time use).
Melika by state
Where Melika concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 10 | 2.5% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 1.2% |
10 of 406 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Melika's data
- Melika's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (100 total births) through the 2020s (35) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Melikas (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Melika: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~54 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, 1971–2025 (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 Melika 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.