Melida
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #9,556
- Peak · girls
- 1933 · 9 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 678since 1917
Melida over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Melida has never cracked the top 2,000 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 | — | |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 |
| 1958 | #3,543 | 12 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 |
| 1927 | — | |
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| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 |
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| 1883 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1917
The first year at least five girls were named Melida! It came in at #4,594, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1927, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Melida is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Melida in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · girls
16 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1933 at #2,868 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1934, 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 97,673
- Highest: 1 in 97,673 girls born in 1976 were named Melida (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 162,019 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,868 in 1933, was only 1 in 111,992 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 13.3% of all girls named Melida (90) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,594 (1917) | #4,594 |
| 1920s | 6 | #4,195 (1928) | #4,195 |
| 1930s | 23 | #2,868 (1933) | #3,298 |
| 1940s | 51 | #2,999 (1949) | #3,980 |
| 1950s | 88 | #3,254 (1959) | #3,951 |
| 1960s | 72 | #3,592 (1962) | #5,616 |
| 1970s | 90 | #4,154 (1976) | #6,168 |
| 1980s | 89 | #5,209 (1982) | #7,628 |
| 1990s | 89 | #6,360 (1998) | #9,097 |
| 2000s | 80 | #8,098 (2007) | #11,261 |
| 2010s | 53 | #9,723 (2011) | #11,307 |
| 2020s | 32 | #9,556 (2024) | #11,671 |
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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