Melena

Where Melena comes from

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  • Vowel-ended
Melena through the years
  1. 1957
    First appearance
    #5,377 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1975
    Peak, #2,516
    31 babies named Melena, its best rank.
  3. 1981
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #4,963.
In the dictionary

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