Mela
Recorded 1905–2025 · United States
Mela was most popular in 2019, when 55 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,233 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,652, with 26 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,015 people named Mela.
Mela over time
How old is the name Mela?
Mela first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1905, which makes it about 120 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 73 of the 121 years since.
How many people are named Mela?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,015 American births named Mela between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 807 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Mela in 2025?
26 American babies were named Mela in 2025, ranking #8,652 that year.
Is Mela getting more or less popular?
Mela is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 28 births a year, against 32 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -12% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Mela a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Mela is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,015 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Mela?
Roughly 807 Americans named Mela are alive today — 80% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 12 years old, and half are between 7 and 20.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Mela is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org