Melena
Melena is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 14 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 140.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 200152 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1957
- 1,245people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,245 girls have been named Melena in the United States since 1957, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2001, with 52 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1998, and the 2000s alone account for 30%.
By decade
In 2001, its biggest year
Melena was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2001 were Emily, Madison, Hannah, Ashley and Alexis. See all of 2001.
Names that rose and fell with Melena
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Maijapeak 1999
- Mailepeak 2007
- Marisolpeak 1996
- Giselapeak 1995
- Damarispeak 2006
- Danyapeak 2007
- Raganpeak 1998
- Aidepeak 1996
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.