Melitza — girls' name

What the Data Says About Melitza

The Social Security Administration has registered 96 babies named Melitza between 1974 and 2005, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Melitza currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Melitza performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Melitza shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Melitza in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Melitza 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 96 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.