Girls' name · since 1959
Meline
Meline has 90 recorded births since 1959 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 90
- total births
- 1959–2021
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 34%
- born in that decade
90 girls have been named Meline since 1959, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Meline has 90 recorded births among girls since 1959, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1959 to 2021.
- 90 total births
- 1959–2021 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 34% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Meline's 90 recorded births place it above 61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Meline's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Meline's full recorded timeline at 2001, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1959, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Meline popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–2021
- Peak year (1990)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Meline by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Meline's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Meline births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
31 births
- 2000s
2000s
22 births
- 2010s
2010s
15 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 31 births (34% of all-time use).
Meline by state
Where Meline concentrates geographically, total births since 1959
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 18 | 20.0% |
18 of 90 births nationwide.
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- Meline's decade-level peak was the 1990s (31 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Melines (18 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
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, 1959–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Meline: Baby Name Since 1959 - 90 Births, Peak 1990." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/meline. 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 Meline 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.