Girls' name · since 1954
Melitta
83 babies named Melitta in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 83
- total births
- 1954–1988
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 57%
- born in that decade
Melitta sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 83 recorded since 1954.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melitta has been recorded 83 times among girls since 1954, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1954 to 1988.
- 83 total births
- 1954–1988 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 57% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Melitta's 83 recorded births place it above 59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Melitta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Melitta's full recorded timeline at 1974, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1964, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1975 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Melitta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–1988
- Peak year (1975)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Melitta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Melitta's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Melitta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 8
1950s
8 births
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1970s
1970s
47 births
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 47 births (57% of all-time use).
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- Melitta's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (47 total births) through the 1980s (17) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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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, 1954–1988 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Melitta: Baby Name Since 1954 - 83 Births, Peak 1975." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/melitta. 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 Melitta 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.