Melita
Melita is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 197345 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1894
- 1,861people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,861 girls have been named Melita in the United States since 1894, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1973, with 45 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 45 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1968, and the 1970s alone account for 21%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Melita | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 11 | |
| 1900s | 29 | |
| 1910s | 96 | |
| 1920s | 88 | |
| 1930s | 98 | |
| 1940s | 110 | |
| 1950s | 252 | |
| 1960s | 318 | |
| 1970s | 397 | |
| 1980s | 201 | |
| 1990s | 81 | |
| 2000s | 96 | |
| 2010s | 62 | |
| 2020s | 22 |
In 1973, its biggest year
Melita was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1973 were Jennifer, Amy, Michelle, Kimberly and Lisa. See all of 1973.
Names that rose and fell with Melita
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Gretchenpeak 1973
- Imeldapeak 1978
- Antoniettapeak 1969
- Reginapeak 1962
- Delenapeak 1967
- Carmonpeak 1968
- Bettinapeak 1965
- Carmenpeak 1960
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.