Mela
Rank in 2025
#4987
recorded as girls
Up 313 since 2024
Babies in 2025
26
girls 26
Peak year
2019
55 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
1,015
since 1905
Born a Mela? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Mela was most popular in 2019, when 55 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.03 per 1,000). In 2025, 26 babies were named Mela, ranking #4987 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 43%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | 4987 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 24 | 5300 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 27 | 4873 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 32 | 4378 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 33 | 4245 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 48 | 3221 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 55 | 2962 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 40 | 3739 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 31 | 4477 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 32 | 4423 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 37 | 3989 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 38 | 3925 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 31 | 4543 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 29 | 4836 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 27 | 5063 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 18 | 6904 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 15 | 8058 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 20 | 6559 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 23 | 5895 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 24 | 5545 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 13 | 8330 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 12 | 8716 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 7 | 12408 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 8 | 11108 | <5 | — |
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| 1999 | 6 | 12688 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 8 | 10122 | <5 | — |
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| 1991 | 5 | 13147 | <5 | — |
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| 1988 | 5 | 11798 | <5 | — |
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| 1983 | 6 | 9015 | <5 | — |
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| 1980 | 6 | 9095 | <5 | — |
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| 1977 | 6 | 8444 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 5 | 9284 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 5 | 9067 | <5 | — |
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| 1973 | 5 | 8423 | <5 | — |
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| 1970 | 7 | 6362 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 5 | 7471 | <5 | — |
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| 1966 | 5 | 6564 | <5 | — |
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| 1964 | 5 | 6767 | <5 | — |
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| 1962 | 7 | 5293 | <5 | — |
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| 1959 | 11 | 3827 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 6 | 5408 | <5 | — |
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| 1956 | 5 | 5952 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 9 | 4069 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 10 | 3718 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 11 | 3480 | <5 | — |
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| 1951 | 7 | 4385 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 5 | 5301 | <5 | — |
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| 1947 | 8 | 4007 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 6 | 4417 | <5 | — |
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| 1944 | 6 | 4054 | <5 | — |
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| 1941 | 5 | 4420 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 6 | 3863 | <5 | — |
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| 1934 | 14 | 2187 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 8 | 3109 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 13 | 2365 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 5 | 4331 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 8 | 3345 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 9 | 3137 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 13 | 2497 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 15 | 2339 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 8 | 3564 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 6 | 4426 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 7 | 4002 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 5 | 4967 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 10 | 3152 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 9 | 3400 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 7 | 3957 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 10 | 3005 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 9 | 3244 | <5 | — |
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| 1916 | 8 | 3258 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 9 | 2900 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 6 | 3188 | <5 | — |
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| 1905 | 5 | 1931 | <5 | — |
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