Melida

Girl · recorded 1917–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1976best year

Most popular in 1976.

Last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Melida.

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Its story

Popularity since 1917

051019171944197119972024

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 79 recorded years as a table
Melida, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19175
19285
19318
19339
19376
19416
19425
19445
19463
19474
19484
19497
19504
19514
19536
19546
19555
19563
19575
19586
19597
19605
19613
19627
19633
19643
19655
19663
19673
19684
19694
19705
19716
19725
19734
19746
19758
197610
19775
19784
19796
19806
19817
19828
19833
19846
19855
19863
19874
19883
19896
19904
19917
19923
19937
19943
19956
19967
19973
19988
20004
20014
20026
20035
20044
20054
20065
20078
20093
20103
20116
20145
20165
20175
20196
20214
20223
20236
20246

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Melida isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2024
10
Rank in 2024
#9,556
How rare
1 in 162,019 girls
Since 1917
678

Melida was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1976, at 10 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Melida doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.