Mella
- Last seen for girls in 2023 at #10,312
- Peak · girls
- 1885 · 6 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 333since 1885
Mella over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Mella has never cracked the top 900 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 | — | |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 |
| 2013 | — | |
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| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 |
| 1954 | — | |
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| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 |
| 1924 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 |
| 1909 | — | |
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| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
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| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1885
The first year at least five girls were named Mella! It came in at #921, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1914, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Mella is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Mella 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 2023
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1885 at #921 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1885
Share of babies · girls
1 in 22,176
- Highest: 1 in 22,176 girls born in 1885 were named Mella (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 178,287 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 20.7% of all girls named Mella (69) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #921 (1885) | #921 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,792 (1903) | #1,792 |
| 1910s | 59 | #2,398 (1910) | #3,097 |
| 1920s | 69 | #2,762 (1921) | #3,527 |
| 1930s | 41 | #2,731 (1935) | #3,608 |
| 1940s | 19 | #3,801 (1943) | #3,927 |
| 1950s | 37 | #3,778 (1955) | #4,860 |
| 1960s | 23 | #5,293 (1962) | #6,101 |
| 1970s | 5 | #8,324 (1971) | #8,324 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 29 | #10,473 (2019) | #12,855 |
| 2020s | 40 | #8,953 (2020) | #9,653 |
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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