Melea
- #7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births
- Peak · girls
- 1956 · 24 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,096since 1954
Melea over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Melea has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,491 | 14 |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 |
| 2023 | #6,409 | 18 |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 |
| 2018 | #6,792 | 17 |
| 2017 | #6,531 | 18 |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 |
| 2014 | #7,636 | 15 |
| 2013 | #7,031 | 17 |
| 2012 | #6,576 | 19 |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 |
| 2010 | #6,382 | 20 |
| 2009 | #6,544 | 20 |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 |
| 2007 | #5,895 | 23 |
| 2006 | #4,463 | 32 |
| 2005 | #4,581 | 29 |
| 2004 | #5,555 | 22 |
| 2003 | #5,419 | 22 |
| 2002 | #5,254 | 22 |
| 2001 | #5,174 | 22 |
| 2000 | #4,649 | 25 |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 |
| 1998 | #3,914 | 29 |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 |
| 1995 | #5,019 | 19 |
| 1994 | #5,016 | 19 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 |
| 1984 | #4,166 | 18 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 |
| 1982 | #2,959 | 30 |
| 1981 | #4,344 | 17 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 |
| 1979 | #4,231 | 17 |
| 1978 | #3,388 | 22 |
| 1977 | #3,761 | 19 |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 |
| 1974 | #2,433 | 31 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 |
| 1964 | #4,096 | 11 |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 |
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| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 |
| 1956 | #2,249 | 24 |
| 1955 | #2,839 | 16 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 |
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First appearance
1954
The first year at least five girls were named Melea! It came in at #4,655, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1960, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Melea is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Melea in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Melea
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 4,670 spots since 2024 (#12,161 → #7,491)
- 1,462 spots since 2020 (#8,953 → #7,491)
- 3,375 spots since 2015 (#10,866 → #7,491)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1954
- Peaked 1956 at #2,249 (24 births)
- Births halved by 1957, 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 47,340
- Highest: 1 in 47,340 girls born in 1974 were named Melea (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 114,805 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,249 in 1956, was only 1 in 83,654 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 20.7% of all girls named Melea (227) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 73 | #2,249 (1956) | #3,861 |
| 1960s | 92 | #3,774 (1969) | #4,369 |
| 1970s | 153 | #2,433 (1974) | #4,497 |
| 1980s | 158 | #2,959 (1982) | #5,044 |
| 1990s | 165 | #3,914 (1998) | #6,018 |
| 2000s | 227 | #4,463 (2006) | #5,834 |
| 2010s | 153 | #6,382 (2010) | #7,744 |
| 2020s | 75 | #6,409 (2023) | #8,604 |
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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