Girls' name · since 2020
Melona
Since 2020, U.S. Social Security records show 177 babies named Melona, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,081 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,341 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 177
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Melona is the #3341 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 177 recorded since 2020.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melona has been recorded 177 times among girls since 2020, currently ranked #3341 nationally and more common than 81% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2020 to 2025.
- #21,081 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,341 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 177 born since 2020
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melona ranks #21,081 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,341 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 177 born since 2020, peaking in the 2020s.
- #21,081 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,341 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 177
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
Melona's 177 recorded births place it above 70.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Melona compares
177 34th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Melona's all-time total is 53% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Melona | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 177 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 47 | 21 | 19,840 |
Melona's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Melona's full recorded timeline at 2023, 75% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 25% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2020, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 47 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Melona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 47
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Melona by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (177 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Melona's strongest decade.
177 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Melona births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
177 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 177 births (100% of all-time use).
Melona by state
Where Melona concentrates geographically, total births since 2020
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 21 | 11.9% |
| #2 | Virginia | | 14 | 7.9% |
| #3 | Maryland | | 12 | 6.8% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 6 | 3.4% |
| #5 | Washington | | 6 | 3.4% |
| #6 | California | | 5 | 2.8% |
21 of 177 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Melona's data
- Texas records the most Melonas (21 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Melona: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~5 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, 2020–2025 (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 Melona 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.