Girls' name · since 1956
Melora
Since 1956, U.S. Social Security records show 365 babies named Melora, peaking in 1972. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 365
- total births
- 1956–2025
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 28%
- born in that decade
365 girls have been named Melora since 1956, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Melora recorded 365 times among girls since 1956, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1960s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 2025.
- 365 total births
- 1956–2025 years on record
- 1960s peak decade
- 28% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Melora's 365 recorded births place it above 80% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Melora's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Melora's SSA record in two at 1979 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1974, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1972 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Melora popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–2025
- Peak year (1972)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 70 years of records
Melora by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1960s was Melora's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Melora births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 29
1950s
29 births
- 1960s
1960s
103 births
- 1970s
1970s
83 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 14
1990s
14 births
- 2000s
2000s
54 births
- 2010s
2010s
42 births
- 2020s 29
2020s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 103 births (28% of all-time use).
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- Melora's decade-level peak was the 1960s (103 total births); usage has since declined to 29 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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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, 1956–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Melora: Baby Name Since 1956 - 365 Births, Peak 1972." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/melora. 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 Melora 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.