Melita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Melita

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,861 babies named Melita between 1894 and 2023, spanning 130 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Melita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 45 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Melita performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 397 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Melita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 34 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Melita in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Melita 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 1,861 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.