Melita
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1973
45 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
1,861
since 1894
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Melita was most popular in 1973, when 45 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.03 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Melita in 2025. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 49%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 5 | 15,194 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 6 | 13,592 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 6 | 13,464 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 5 | 15,088 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 5 | 15,539 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 5 | 15,682 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 7 | 12,713 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 5 | 16,215 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 6 | 14,482 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 6 | 14,558 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 9 | 11,000 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 7 | 13,483 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 5 | 16,764 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 7 | 13,448 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 15 | 8,109 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 13 | 9,007 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 7 | 13,606 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 6 | 14,502 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 6 | 14,179 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 14 | 7,580 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 14 | 7,444 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 14 | 7,317 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 7 | 11,801 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 6 | 12,688 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 8 | 10,122 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 7 | 10,836 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 9 | 8,766 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 12 | 7,097 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 5 | 13,442 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 5 | 13,317 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 15 | 5,949 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 14 | 6,131 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 15 | 5,545 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 14 | 5,598 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 18 | 4,474 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 12 | 5,757 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 14 | 5,077 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 12 | 5,539 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 20 | 3,806 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 18 | 4,167 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 36 | 2,563 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 42 | 2,308 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 31 | 2,795 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 45 | 2,092 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 42 | 2,189 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 41 | 2,099 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 39 | 2,169 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 36 | 2,213 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 45 | 1,857 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 35 | 2,173 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 42 | 2,001 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 41 | 2,017 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 37 | 2,058 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 35 | 2,024 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 35 | 1,980 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 34 | 1,982 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 26 | 2,345 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 29 | 2,246 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 37 | 1,922 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 35 | 1,947 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 29 | 2,197 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 21 | 2,649 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 22 | 2,458 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 20 | 2,581 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 26 | 2,168 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 38 | 1,717 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 37 | 1,691 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 21 | 2,378 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 16 | 2,699 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 19 | 2,411 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 31 | 1,740 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 22 | 2,053 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 19 | 2,274 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 13 | 2,828 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 20 | 2,200 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 10 | 3,217 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 9 | 3,132 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 10 | 2,946 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 6 | 4,196 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 9 | 3,194 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 6 | 3,954 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 8 | 3,208 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 9 | 2,922 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 13 | 2,340 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 7 | 3,434 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 11 | 2,521 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 9 | 2,926 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 5 | 4,286 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 10 | 2,688 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 12 | 2,490 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 7 | 3,497 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 15 | 2,202 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 14 | 2,301 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 10 | 2,954 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 10 | 3,046 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 9 | 3,362 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 10 | 3,144 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 10 | 3,125 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 9 | 3,379 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 8 | 3,666 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 8 | 3,598 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 9 | 3,219 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 18 | 2,029 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 16 | 2,100 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 12 | 2,498 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 10 | 2,688 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 5 | 3,618 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 8 | 2,331 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 9 | 1,981 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 9 | 1,656 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 6 | 1,957 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 5 | 2,061 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1905 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 7 | 1,486 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1902 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 6 | 1,466 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 5 | 1,932 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 5 | 1,700 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1896 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1895 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 6 | 1,353 | <5 | — |
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