Melitta — girls' name
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.
The verdict
83 girls have been named Melitta since 1954, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1988.
- 83
- total births
- 1954–1988
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 57%
- born in that decade
57% of everyone ever named Melitta was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Melitta in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Melitta
The Social Security Administration has registered 83 babies named Melitta between 1954 and 1988, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Melitta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Melitta performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 47 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Melitta shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Melitta 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 83 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.
Melitta at a glance
Last recorded 1988Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Melitta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1954
- Peak year (1975)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1988.
83 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 14 births in a single year.
Melitta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 47 births that decade — 57% of Melitta's all-time total
Melitta decade highlights
- Peak decade 47 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Melitta's strongest decade
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1954–1988 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.