Girls' name · since 1990
Melyna
Since 1990, U.S. Social Security records show 271 babies named Melyna, peaking in 2007. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,823 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,737 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 271
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Melyna currently ranks #13737 among girls' names in America, with 271 babies recorded since 1990.
Social Security Administration records show Melyna recorded 271 times among girls since 1990, holding rank #13737 nationally today, ahead of 21% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #16,823 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,737 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 271 born since 1990
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melyna ranks #16,823 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,737 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 271 born since 1990, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,823 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,737 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 271
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Melyna's 271 recorded births place it above 76.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Melyna compares
271 43rd 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
Melyna's all-time total is 28% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Melyna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 271 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Melyna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Melyna's full recorded timeline at 2010, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Melyna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Melyna by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (103 births, 38% of the file).
2010s was Melyna's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Melyna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 28
1990s
28 births
- 2000s
2000s
99 births
- 2010s
2010s
103 births
- 2020s 41
2020s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 103 births (38% of all-time use).
Melyna by state
Where Melyna concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 15 | 5.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 1.8% |
15 of 271 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Melyna's data
- Melyna's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (103 total births) through the 2020s (41) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Melynas (15 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Melyna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Melyna 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.