How Many People Are Named Mela?
people named Mela are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 424,050 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,015 babies named Mela in Social Security records from 1905 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
55 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Mela in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Mela alive today is about 20 years old, and 82% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 19 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Mela first appears in the records in 1905 and was given most often in 2019, to 55 babies. In 2025, 26 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1905 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Mela has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,134, in 1905. In 2025 it ranked #5,057.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,057 |
| Best rank | #2,134 (1905) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,314 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Mela alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Mela were born in California than in any other state: about 21 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Mela was given about 170.8 times as often in New Mexico.
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