Mela
- #4,987 for girls in 2025, 26 births
- Peak · girls
- 1905 · 5 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,015since 1905
Mela over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Mela has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,987 | 26 |
| 2024 | #5,300 | 24 |
| 2023 | #4,873 | 27 |
| 2022 | #4,378 | 32 |
| 2021 | #4,245 | 33 |
| 2020 | #3,221 | 48 |
| 2019 | #2,962 | 55 |
| 2018 | #3,739 | 40 |
| 2017 | #4,477 | 31 |
| 2016 | #4,423 | 32 |
| 2015 | #3,989 | 37 |
| 2014 | #3,925 | 38 |
| 2013 | #4,543 | 31 |
| 2012 | #4,836 | 29 |
| 2011 | #5,063 | 27 |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 |
| 2008 | #6,559 | 20 |
| 2007 | #5,895 | 23 |
| 2006 | #5,545 | 24 |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,187 | 14 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 |
| 1932 | #2,365 | 13 |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 |
| 1928 | #2,497 | 13 |
| 1927 | #2,339 | 15 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
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| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 |
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| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1905
The first year at least five girls were named Mela! It came in at #1,931, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1905–1913, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Mela is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Texas#3,285 · 1 in 32,108
Best ever in a state: #103 in New Mexico, 1927.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #3,285 | 5 | 1 in 32,108 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 313 spots since 2024 (#5,300 → #4,987)
- 1,766 spots since 2020 (#3,221 → #4,987)
- 998 spots since 2015 (#3,989 → #4,987)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1905
- Peaked 1905 at #1,931 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1906, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 30,516
- Highest: 1 in 30,516 girls born in 2019 were named Mela (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 61,818 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,931 in 1905, was only 1 in 58,323 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 33.3% of all girls named Mela (338) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,931 (1905) | #1,931 |
| 1910s | 42 | #2,900 (1915) | #3,119 |
| 1920s | 89 | #2,339 (1927) | #3,544 |
| 1930s | 48 | #2,187 (1934) | #3,067 |
| 1940s | 31 | #3,863 (1940) | #4,152 |
| 1950s | 64 | #3,480 (1953) | #4,518 |
| 1960s | 22 | #5,293 (1962) | #6,524 |
| 1970s | 28 | #6,362 (1970) | #8,316 |
| 1980s | 17 | #9,015 (1983) | #9,969 |
| 1990s | 19 | #10,122 (1998) | #11,986 |
| 2000s | 122 | #5,545 (2006) | #8,327 |
| 2010s | 338 | #2,962 (2019) | #4,486 |
| 2020s | 190 | #3,221 (2020) | #4,501 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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