How Many People Are Named Melda?
people named Melda are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 775,022 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,487 babies named Melda in Social Security records from 1887 to 1975, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
44 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Melda in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Melda alive today is about 73 years old, and 88% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 66 and 82 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Melda first appears in the records in 1887 and was given most often in 1925, to 44 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1975.
Babies given the name each year, 1887 to 1975
🏆 Rank History
Melda has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,042, in 1900.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,042 (1900) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,328 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Melda alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Melda were born in Texas than in any other state: about 12 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Melda was given about 5.4 times as often in Pennsylvania.
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