Melika — #12386 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Melika

The Social Security Administration has registered 400 babies named Melika between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Melika currently holds the #12386 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Melika performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 100 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Melika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Melika in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Melika 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 400 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.