Girls' name · since 1921
Melma
Melma has 29 recorded births since 1921 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1927 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #41,413 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1921
- 1920s
- peak decade
Melma sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 29 recorded since 1921.
Melma has 29 recorded births among girls since 1921, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1921 to 1930.
- #41,413 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 29 born since 1921
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melma ranks #41,413 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 29 born since 1921, peaking in the 1920s.
- #41,413 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1921
- 1920s
- peak decade
Melma's 29 recorded births place it above 42.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Melma's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Melma's full recorded timeline at 1927, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1923, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1927 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Melma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–1930
- Peak year (1927)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Melma by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (24 births, 83% of the file).
1920s was Melma's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 83% of all-time use.
Melma births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
24 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 24 births (83% of all-time use).
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- Melma's decade-level peak was the 1920s (24 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1930s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Melma: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1927)
Similar record span (~9 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, 1921–1930 (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 Melma 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.