Girls' name · since 1987
Melis
Melis has 344 recorded births since 1987 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,786 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,063 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 344
- born since 1987
- 2010s
- peak decade
Melis currently ranks #8063 among girls' names in America, with 344 babies recorded since 1987.
Social Security Administration records show Melis recorded 344 times among girls since 1987, holding rank #8063 nationally today, ahead of 53% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2025.
- #14,786 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,063 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 344 born since 1987
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melis ranks #14,786 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,063 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 344 born since 1987, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,786 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,063 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 344
- born since 1987
- 2010s
- peak decade
Melis's 344 recorded births place it above 79.54% 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 Melis compares
344 48th percentile among 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
Melis's all-time total is 9% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Melis | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 344 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Melis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Melis's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1987, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2015 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Melis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Melis by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (115 births, 33% of the file).
2010s was Melis's strongest decade.
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Melis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
- 1990s 45
1990s
45 births
- 2000s
2000s
108 births
- 2010s
2010s
115 births
- 2020s
2020s
63 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 115 births (33% of all-time use).
Melis by state
Where Melis concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
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What to do with Melis's data
- Melis's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (115 total births) through the 2020s (63) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Meliss (5 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 Melis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1987–2025 (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 Melis 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.