How Many People Are Named Melina?
people named Melina are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 17,701 people in the US has this name
Based on 19,926 babies named Melina in Social Security records from 1883 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
681 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Elaboration of Mel, either from names such as MELISSA or from Greek μελι (meli) meaning "honey". A famous bearer was Greek-American actress Melina Mercouri (1920-1994), who was born Maria Amalia Mercouris.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Melina in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Melina alive today is about 22 years old, and 74% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 30 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Melina first appears in the records in 1883 and was given most often in 2009, to 681 babies. In 2025, 434 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1883 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Melina has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #456, in 2009. In 2025 it ranked #660.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #660 |
| Best rank | #456 (2009) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #545 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Melina alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Melina were born in California than in any other state: about 4,684 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Melina was given 2.1 times as often in California, 1.9 times in Arizona and 1.6 times in Nevada.
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