Meleah
- #8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births
- Peak · girls
- 1978 · 29 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,512since 1955
Meleah over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Meleah 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 | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,860 | 11 |
| 2024 | #7,967 | 13 |
| 2023 | #7,640 | 14 |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 |
| 2020 | #6,325 | 18 |
| 2019 | #7,025 | 16 |
| 2018 | #5,454 | 23 |
| 2017 | #6,531 | 18 |
| 2016 | #4,990 | 27 |
| 2015 | #4,981 | 27 |
| 2014 | #4,768 | 29 |
| 2013 | #4,887 | 28 |
| 2012 | #3,583 | 44 |
| 2011 | #3,550 | 44 |
| 2010 | #4,023 | 37 |
| 2009 | #3,512 | 46 |
| 2008 | #4,006 | 39 |
| 2007 | #3,376 | 49 |
| 2006 | #3,854 | 39 |
| 2005 | #4,373 | 31 |
| 2004 | #3,444 | 43 |
| 2003 | #3,731 | 37 |
| 2002 | #3,394 | 40 |
| 2001 | #3,256 | 42 |
| 2000 | #3,216 | 42 |
| 1999 | #3,718 | 32 |
| 1998 | #3,173 | 39 |
| 1997 | #3,036 | 39 |
| 1996 | #4,184 | 25 |
| 1995 | #4,348 | 23 |
| 1994 | #4,016 | 26 |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 |
| 1992 | #5,267 | 18 |
| 1991 | #4,650 | 21 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 |
| 1989 | #3,893 | 25 |
| 1988 | #3,585 | 26 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 |
| 1986 | #3,757 | 22 |
| 1985 | #3,730 | 22 |
| 1984 | #4,166 | 18 |
| 1983 | #3,949 | 19 |
| 1982 | #3,418 | 24 |
| 1981 | #4,005 | 19 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 |
| 1979 | #3,333 | 24 |
| 1978 | #2,801 | 29 |
| 1977 | #3,612 | 20 |
| 1976 | #3,407 | 20 |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 |
| 1974 | #3,863 | 16 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 |
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| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 |
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| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 |
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 |
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First appearance
1955
The first year at least five girls were named Meleah! It came in at #4,069, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1958, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Meleah is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Meleah in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 893 spots since 2024 (#7,967 → #8,860)
- 2,535 spots since 2020 (#6,325 → #8,860)
- 3,879 spots since 2015 (#4,981 → #8,860)
Rise & fade · girls
23 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1955
- Peaked 1978 at #2,801 (29 births)
- Births halved by 1987, 9 yrs 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 39,237
- Highest: 1 in 39,237 girls born in 2007 were named Meleah (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 146,115 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,801 in 1978, was only 1 in 52,823 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 27.0% of all girls named Meleah (408) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 41 | #3,489 (1957) | #3,919 |
| 1960s | 74 | #3,456 (1968) | #5,020 |
| 1970s | 157 | #2,801 (1978) | #4,561 |
| 1980s | 202 | #3,418 (1982) | #4,136 |
| 1990s | 258 | #3,036 (1997) | #4,288 |
| 2000s | 408 | #3,216 (2000) | #3,616 |
| 2010s | 293 | #3,550 (2011) | #4,979 |
| 2020s | 79 | #6,325 (2020) | #8,064 |
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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