Melina
Melina is ranked 633rd among girls in 2024 (466 births). Its best rank was 456th, in 2009.
- Rank in 2024
- #633up 23 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 4660.03% of girls
- Peak year
- 2009681 births
- Best rank
- #456in 2009
- Since 1883
- 19,488people given the name
The story in the numbers
19,488 girls have been named Melina in the United States since 1883, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2009, with 681 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 596 → 633).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2005, and the 2000s alone account for 28%. It has spent 46 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Melina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 17 | |
| 1890s | 36 | |
| 1900s | 40 | |
| 1910s | 82 | |
| 1920s | 57 | |
| 1930s | 16 | |
| 1940s | 34 | |
| 1950s | 118 | |
| 1960s | 615 | |
| 1970s | 1,104 | |
| 1980s | 1,634 | |
| 1990s | 3,089 | |
| 2000s | 5,413 | |
| 2010s | 4,946 | |
| 2020s | 2,287 |
In 2009, its biggest year
Melina was the 456th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2009 were Isabella, Emma, Olivia, Sophia and Ava. See all of 2009.
Names that rose and fell with Melina
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Giovannapeak 2005
- Alenapeak 2015
- Meenapeak 2008
- Alanapeak 2007
- Anipeak 2007
- Yukipeak 2004
- Daniapeak 2007
- Ilianapeak 2007
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.