Melda
Last seen for girls in 1975 at #7,984
- Peak · girls
- 1900 · 14 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,487since 1887
Melda over time
Rank among girls' names. Melda has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 |
| 1958 | #2,322 | 24 |
| 1957 | #2,563 | 20 |
| 1956 | #2,321 | 23 |
| 1955 | #2,839 | 16 |
| 1954 | #2,695 | 17 |
| 1953 | #2,812 | 15 |
| 1952 | #2,411 | 19 |
| 1951 | #2,314 | 19 |
| 1950 | #2,185 | 20 |
| 1949 | #2,340 | 18 |
| 1948 | #2,188 | 20 |
| 1947 | #2,769 | 14 |
| 1946 | #1,723 | 27 |
| 1945 | #2,060 | 17 |
| 1944 | #2,027 | 18 |
| 1943 | #1,703 | 25 |
| 1942 | #1,630 | 26 |
| 1941 | #1,810 | 20 |
| 1940 | #2,029 | 16 |
| 1939 | #1,514 | 25 |
| 1938 | #1,873 | 18 |
| 1937 | #1,303 | 31 |
| 1936 | #1,873 | 17 |
| 1935 | #1,514 | 24 |
| 1934 | #1,481 | 25 |
| 1933 | #1,513 | 24 |
| 1932 | #1,817 | 19 |
| 1931 | #1,375 | 29 |
| 1930 | #1,535 | 26 |
| 1929 | #1,306 | 33 |
| 1928 | #1,147 | 44 |
| 1927 | #1,456 | 31 |
| 1926 | #1,325 | 35 |
| 1925 | #1,160 | 44 |
| 1924 | #1,533 | 30 |
| 1923 | #1,736 | 24 |
| 1922 | #1,464 | 31 |
| 1921 | #1,276 | 37 |
| 1920 | #1,206 | 40 |
| 1919 | #1,369 | 32 |
| 1918 | #1,203 | 39 |
| 1917 | #1,162 | 38 |
| 1916 | #1,445 | 26 |
| 1915 | #1,231 | 32 |
| 1914 | #1,262 | 24 |
| 1913 | #1,465 | 16 |
| 1912 | #1,117 | 22 |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 |
| 1908 | #1,203 | 12 |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 |
| 1905 | #1,057 | 13 |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 |
| 1902 | #1,024 | 12 |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 |
| 1900 | #1,008 | 14 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 |
| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 |
| 1894 | — | |
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| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 |
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| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 |
| 1886 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Melda! It came in at #1,147, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1890, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Melda is popular in 1925
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#514 · 1 in 4,754
- Pennsylvania#573 · 1 in 13,537
Best ever in a state: #265 in Kentucky, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Louisiana | #514 | 5 | 1 in 4,754 |
| Pennsylvania | #573 | 7 | 1 in 13,537 |
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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.
See more about Melda
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1975
- Debuted 1887
- Peaked 1900 at #1,008 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 21,413 girls born in 1900 were named Melda (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 242,977 girls born in 1975 (0.00%)
- 23.5% of all girls named Melda (349) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,147 (1887) | #1,147 |
| 1890s | 34 | #1,093 (1891) | #1,292 |
| 1900s | 102 | #1,008 (1900) | #1,240 |
| 1910s | 249 | #1,117 (1912) | #1,333 |
| 1920s | 349 | #1,147 (1928) | #1,361 |
| 1930s | 238 | #1,303 (1937) | #1,580 |
| 1940s | 201 | #1,630 (1942) | #2,028 |
| 1950s | 188 | #2,185 (1950) | #2,557 |
| 1960s | 94 | #3,212 (1960) | #4,615 |
| 1970s | 27 | #6,362 (1970) | #6,881 |
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.
Melda in 1925
Top girls' names in 1925
More about 1925
girls
1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 27,668 of them was named Melda, which outranked 79.9% of the 5,771 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,150Roselle45
- #1,150Valda45
- #1,150Vinnie45
- #1,160Melda44
- #1,160Antonetta44
- #1,160Audie44
- #1,160Carma44
- #1,176Arletta43
- #1,176Azalee43
- #1,176Buelah43
Tied with 15 names at #1,160; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.