Mela Girl
How popular is Mela?
#4,986 girl name in 2025
26 baby girls were named Mela in the US in 2025, making it the 4986th most popular girl name.
Mela popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #4,986 for girls (▲ 311 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 26 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-30% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,988 in 2015, #3,221 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (55 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,930 in 1905 |
| First recorded | 1905 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Mela counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Mela family of names ranked #2,829 for girls in 2025 (#2,513 the year before), with 36 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mela | 26 | 72% |
| Melah | 10 | 28% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Mela is most popular
Babies named Mela per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Mela by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1910s | 42 | #2,899 |
| 1920s | 89 | #2,338 |
| 1930s | 48 | #2,186 |
| 1940s | 31 | #3,861 |
| 1950s | 64 | #3,479 |
| 1960s | 22 | #5,292 |
| 1970s | 28 | #6,361 |
| 1980s | 17 | #9,013 |
| 1990s | 19 | #10,116 |
| 2000s | 122 | #5,544 |
| 2010s | 338 | #2,962 |
| 2020s | 190 | #3,221 |
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Questions
- Is Mela a boy or girl name?
- Mela is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Mela were girls.
- How popular is the name Mela?
- 26 baby girls were named Mela in the US in 2025, making it the 4986th most popular girl name.
- When was Mela most popular?
- Mela peaked in 2019, when 55 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,930 in 1905.
- How many people are named Mela?
- 1,015 babies have been named Mela in the US since 1880. We estimate about 814 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Mela most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Mela was most common in Texas, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.