Melinna — girls' name

What the Data Says About Melinna

The Social Security Administration has registered 240 babies named Melinna between 1988 and 2025, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Melinna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Melinna performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Melinna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 42 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Melinna in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Melinna 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 240 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.