Melina
#660 for girls in 2025, 434 births
- Peak · girls
- 2009 · 681 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 19,926since 1883
Melina over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Melina has never cracked the top 400 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 | #660 | 434 |
| 2024 | #630 | 469 |
| 2023 | #656 | 448 |
| 2022 | #641 | 460 |
| 2021 | #632 | 468 |
| 2020 | #648 | 445 |
| 2019 | #619 | 486 |
| 2018 | #633 | 471 |
| 2017 | #617 | 486 |
| 2016 | #612 | 490 |
| 2015 | #594 | 502 |
| 2014 | #594 | 496 |
| 2013 | #589 | 482 |
| 2012 | #644 | 440 |
| 2011 | #579 | 500 |
| 2010 | #503 | 593 |
| 2009 | #456 | 681 |
| 2008 | #517 | 598 |
| 2007 | #478 | 674 |
| 2006 | #549 | 536 |
| 2005 | #563 | 511 |
| 2004 | #627 | 434 |
| 2003 | #609 | 441 |
| 2002 | #555 | 489 |
| 2001 | #490 | 569 |
| 2000 | #542 | 480 |
| 1999 | #583 | 425 |
| 1998 | #793 | 270 |
| 1997 | #804 | 258 |
| 1996 | #730 | 288 |
| 1995 | #654 | 328 |
| 1994 | #713 | 292 |
| 1993 | #633 | 354 |
| 1992 | #727 | 292 |
| 1991 | #643 | 344 |
| 1990 | #822 | 238 |
| 1989 | #1,149 | 143 |
| 1988 | #1,187 | 127 |
| 1987 | #1,216 | 118 |
| 1986 | #1,072 | 140 |
| 1985 | #880 | 182 |
| 1984 | #887 | 169 |
| 1983 | #809 | 192 |
| 1982 | #804 | 200 |
| 1981 | #866 | 179 |
| 1980 | #845 | 184 |
| 1979 | #905 | 164 |
| 1978 | #1,014 | 134 |
| 1977 | #965 | 143 |
| 1976 | #891 | 148 |
| 1975 | #1,145 | 101 |
| 1974 | #1,334 | 79 |
| 1973 | #1,388 | 71 |
| 1972 | #1,226 | 86 |
| 1971 | #1,133 | 103 |
| 1970 | #1,389 | 75 |
| 1969 | #1,201 | 86 |
| 1968 | #1,133 | 89 |
| 1967 | #990 | 106 |
| 1966 | #1,448 | 58 |
| 1965 | #1,263 | 72 |
| 1964 | #1,747 | 44 |
| 1963 | #1,738 | 44 |
| 1962 | #1,476 | 57 |
| 1961 | #1,807 | 40 |
| 1960 | #2,729 | 20 |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 |
| 1958 | #3,543 | 12 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 |
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 |
| 1955 | #3,225 | 13 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 |
| 1953 | #2,699 | 16 |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,708 | 12 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 |
| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 |
| 1915 | #2,384 | 12 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 |
| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 |
| 1894 | #1,237 | 7 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #842 | 7 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #920 | 5 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1883
The first year at least five girls were named Melina! It came in at #920, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1884, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Melina is popular in 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Connecticut#273 · 1 in 1,070
- California#384 · 1 in 1,901
- New Jersey#413 · 1 in 1,893
- Illinois#419 · 1 in 1,984
- New York#424 · 1 in 2,046
Best ever in a state: #152 in Rhode Island, 2003.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | #273 | 11 | 1 in 1,070 |
| California | #384 | 103 | 1 in 1,901 |
| New Jersey | #413 | 19 | 1 in 1,893 |
| Illinois | #419 | 28 | 1 in 1,984 |
| New York | #424 | 43 | 1 in 2,046 |
| Arizona | #479 | 14 | 1 in 2,148 |
| Florida | #504 | 34 | 1 in 2,528 |
| Massachusetts | #528 | 10 | 1 in 2,520 |
| Nevada | #533 | 5 | 1 in 2,167 |
| Texas | #547 | 59 | 1 in 2,710 |
| Washington | #569 | 12 | 1 in 2,589 |
| Michigan | #628 | 13 | 1 in 3,174 |
| Colorado | #635 | 8 | 1 in 2,828 |
| Georgia | #688 | 14 | 1 in 3,366 |
| Indiana | #690 | 9 | 1 in 3,345 |
| Maryland | #704 | 7 | 1 in 3,325 |
| Pennsylvania | #768 | 12 | 1 in 4,262 |
| Wisconsin | #826 | 5 | 1 in 4,516 |
| Virginia | #842 | 8 | 1 in 4,504 |
| Minnesota | #860 | 5 | 1 in 4,784 |
| Ohio | #898 | 10 | 1 in 5,178 |
| North Carolina | #917 | 9 | 1 in 5,043 |
| Tennessee | #933 | 6 | 1 in 5,100 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Melina
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 30 spots since 2024 (#630 → #660)
- 12 spots since 2020 (#648 → #660)
- 66 spots since 2015 (#594 → #660)
- Biggest jump: 458 spots in 1967 (#1,448 → #990)
- Biggest drop: 192 spots in 1986 (#880 → #1,072)
Rise & fade · girls
126 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 2009 at #456 (681 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 48 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1990–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,698
- Highest: 1 in 2,698 girls born in 2009 were named Melina (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,703 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 27.2% of all girls named Melina (5,413) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 17 | #842 (1885) | #1,013 |
| 1890s | 36 | #1,237 (1894) | #1,412 |
| 1900s | 40 | #1,261 (1908) | #1,668 |
| 1910s | 82 | #1,935 (1910) | #2,697 |
| 1920s | 57 | #2,708 (1926) | #4,378 |
| 1930s | 16 | #4,047 (1930) | #4,202 |
| 1940s | 34 | #2,637 (1947) | #3,751 |
| 1950s | 118 | #2,699 (1953) | #3,446 |
| 1960s | 616 | #990 (1967) | #1,553 |
| 1970s | 1,104 | #891 (1976) | #1,139 |
| 1980s | 1,634 | #804 (1982) | #972 |
| 1990s | 3,089 | #583 (1999) | #710 |
| 2000s | 5,413 | #456 (2009) | #539 |
| 2010s | 4,946 | #503 (2010) | #598 |
| 2020s | 2,724 | #630 (2024) | #645 |
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.
Melina in 2017
girls
#617
486 births · 1 in 3,552 girls
Top girls' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 3,552 of them was named Melina, which outranked 96.7% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Melina
- #613Elliot495
- #615Collins494
- #616Jaylah488
- #617Melina486
- #617Kailani486
- #619Anahi485
- #619Leyla485
- #621Harlee483
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
Fallers
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.