Girls' name · since 1988
Melinna
240 babies named Melinna in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 240
- total births
- 1988–2025
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 35%
- born in that decade
Melinna sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 240 recorded since 1988.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melinna has been recorded 240 times among girls since 1988, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- 240 total births
- 1988–2025 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 35% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Melinna's 240 recorded births place it above 75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Melinna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Melinna's full recorded timeline at 2008, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Melinna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Melinna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Melinna's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Melinna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
46 births
- 2000s
2000s
82 births
- 2010s
2010s
83 births
- 2020s 24
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 83 births (35% of all-time use).
Melinna by state
Where Melinna concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 42 | 17.5% |
42 of 240 births nationwide.
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- Melinna's decade-level peak was the 2010s (83 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Melinnas (42 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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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, 1988–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Melinna: Baby Name Since 1988 - 240 Births, Peak 2006." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/melinna. 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 Melinna 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.