Melba
Rank in 2025
#11932
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
7
girls 7
Peak year
1932
873 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
34,925
since 1893
Born a Melba? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Melba was most popular in 1932, when 873 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.82 per 1,000). In 2025, 7 babies were named Melba, ranking #11932 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 102%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 11932 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 8 | 11122 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 11 | 9056 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 5 | 15088 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 8 | 11615 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 10 | 10113 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 5 | 16513 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 5 | 16547 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 6 | 15242 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 6 | 15405 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 8 | 11624 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 7 | 12187 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 6 | 13521 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 17 | 6208 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 9 | 9479 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 9 | 9260 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 8 | 9802 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 9 | 8812 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 10 | 8079 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 16 | 5713 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 10 | 8052 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 17 | 5484 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 18 | 5181 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 23 | 4230 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 22 | 4248 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 23 | 3893 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 35 | 2780 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 28 | 3203 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 18 | 4282 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 28 | 3069 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 36 | 2516 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 35 | 2645 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 40 | 2409 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 46 | 2189 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 47 | 2112 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 61 | 1707 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 51 | 1922 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 64 | 1568 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 69 | 1481 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 65 | 1499 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 85 | 1231 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 113 | 1030 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 87 | 1266 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 94 | 1201 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 77 | 1276 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 81 | 1210 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 105 | 997 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 125 | 900 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 144 | 829 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 142 | 869 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 183 | 760 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 188 | 759 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 238 | 669 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 255 | 633 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 265 | 612 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 294 | 575 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 388 | 484 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 358 | 495 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 404 | 446 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 439 | 412 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 460 | 395 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 368 | 448 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 423 | 399 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 393 | 403 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 427 | 379 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 454 | 370 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 523 | 349 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 529 | 325 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 502 | 306 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 565 | 287 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 597 | 284 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 648 | 273 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 715 | 242 | 7 | 2872 |
| 1940 | 731 | 232 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 781 | 213 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 850 | 205 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 789 | 212 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 721 | 225 | 7 | 2854 |
| 1935 | 758 | 225 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 771 | 223 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 776 | 217 | 5 | 3642 |
| 1932 | 873 | 207 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 770 | 217 | 8 | 2864 |
| 1930 | 862 | 210 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 817 | 217 | 5 | 3959 |
| 1928 | 868 | 214 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 892 | 213 | 6 | 3780 |
| 1926 | 918 | 208 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 938 | 210 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 998 | 202 | 5 | 4347 |
| 1923 | 922 | 211 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 929 | 208 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 910 | 210 | 9 | 2986 |
| 1920 | 907 | 210 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 791 | 221 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 822 | 219 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 701 | 234 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 581 | 251 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 493 | 264 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 352 | 278 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 274 | 285 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 218 | 311 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 146 | 328 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 160 | 305 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 123 | 323 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 106 | 345 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 113 | 324 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 98 | 337 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 102 | 334 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 61 | 412 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 45 | 478 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 35 | 545 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 36 | 509 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 44 | 509 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 46 | 430 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 60 | 396 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 36 | 477 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 33 | 514 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 19 | 725 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 15 | 782 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 7 | 1175 | <5 | — |
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Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years