Melita

Girl · recorded 1894–2023

  • 2023last recorded
  • 1973best year

Most popular in 1973.

Last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1894

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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 117 recorded years as a table
Melita, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189427
189819
190017
190125
190425
190716
190917
191122
191216
191313
19147
191510
191611
191715
191816
19198
19207
19216
19227
19238
19248
19257
19268
19289
192913
193013
19317
193211
193310
19345
19359
193611
19377
193812
19398
19407
19415
19427
19434
19448
19457
19466
194711
19488
194911
195013
195117
195210
19539
195411
195519
195619
195713
195810
195911
196010
196114
196218
196319
196415
196515
196620
196721
196821
196922
197023
197125
197223
197331
197425
197527
197628
197727
197829
197919
198025
198122
198211
198312
19847
19858
19867
198710
19888
19898
19907
19918
19923
19933
19947
19955
19974
19985
19993
20004
20018
20028
20038
20043
20053
20064
20077
20088
20104
20113
20124
20135
20143
20153
20163
20174
20183
20193
20203
20214
20224
20233

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Melita 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.

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The numbers

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Births in 2023
5
Rank in 2023
#15,194
How rare
1 in 320,916 girls
Since 1894
1,861

Melita was last recorded in 2023. 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 1973, at 31 per million girls born.

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

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