Melaina
Melaina was the 10626th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 2004, when it ranked 2256th with 78 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,449 places. More babies were named Melaina in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #10,626 girls, down 3,178 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 9girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 200478 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,197babies recorded
Melaina popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,626 | 9 |
| 2020 | #7,448 | 15 |
| 2010 | #4,696 | 31 |
| 2000 | #3,851 | 33 |
| 1990 | #6,726 | 13 |
| 1980 | #4,893 | 15 |
| 1970 | #4,406 | 13 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Melaina, counting every spelling?
Melaina is the most common spelling of a name family that had 9 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 9 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melaina | 9 | #10,626 | 45 |
| Melayna | — | — | 29 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Melaina?
9 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Melaina (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Melaina born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 930 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Melaina.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Melaina?
About 1,200 people born in the US named Melaina are alive today, with a median age of 22; half are between 16 and 33. That makes Melaina mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Melaina: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Melaina, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Melaina
How popular is the name Melaina?
Melaina was the 10626th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 2004, when it ranked 2256th with 78 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,449 places. More babies were named Melaina in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Melaina a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Melaina in the US.