Meliza
- #13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births
- Peak · girls
- 1997 · 49 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,054since 1967
Meliza over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Meliza 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.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 |
| 2012 | #7,144 | 17 |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 |
| 2010 | #6,182 | 21 |
| 2009 | #5,097 | 28 |
| 2008 | #4,448 | 34 |
| 2007 | #4,944 | 29 |
| 2006 | #4,811 | 29 |
| 2005 | #4,195 | 33 |
| 2004 | #3,898 | 36 |
| 2003 | #4,418 | 29 |
| 2002 | #3,730 | 35 |
| 2001 | #3,549 | 37 |
| 2000 | #3,808 | 33 |
| 1999 | #6,191 | 16 |
| 1998 | #3,173 | 39 |
| 1997 | #2,590 | 49 |
| 1996 | #3,028 | 39 |
| 1995 | #3,357 | 33 |
| 1994 | #4,016 | 26 |
| 1993 | #3,108 | 37 |
| 1992 | #3,091 | 37 |
| 1991 | #3,936 | 26 |
| 1990 | #4,523 | 21 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 |
| 1987 | #4,283 | 19 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 |
| 1985 | #3,983 | 20 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 |
| 1982 | #4,347 | 17 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 |
| 1980 | #4,148 | 18 |
| 1979 | #4,420 | 16 |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 |
| 1977 | #4,069 | 17 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 |
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First appearance
1967
The first year at least five girls were named Meliza! It came in at #4,982, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2020–2024, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Meliza is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Meliza in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1,880 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #13,208)
- 3,211 spots since 2015 (#16,419 → #13,208)
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1967
- Peaked 1997 at #2,590 (49 births)
- Births halved by 1999, 2 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 35,525
- Highest: 1 in 35,525 girls born in 1997 were named Meliza (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 30.6% of all girls named Meliza (323) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24 | #4,982 (1967) | #5,227 |
| 1970s | 127 | #4,069 (1977) | #4,717 |
| 1980s | 136 | #3,983 (1985) | #5,626 |
| 1990s | 323 | #2,590 (1997) | #3,701 |
| 2000s | 323 | #3,549 (2001) | #4,290 |
| 2010s | 100 | #6,182 (2010) | #11,616 |
| 2020s | 21 | #13,208 (2025) | #14,699 |
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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