Quick answers about Mela
How many people are named Mela?
An estimated 773 living Americans are named Mela.
How rare is Mela?
Mela is very rare among babies today, with 26 girls receiving the name in 2025, down 52.7% from its 2019 peak.
How old is the typical Mela?
The median age of a living American named Mela is approximately 12 years, with most bearers falling between 7 and 19 years old.
Is Mela still popular?
Not especially. Mela has been declining since its 2019 peak and registered 26 births in 2025.
Where is Mela most common?
Mela has its strongest geographic signal in New Mexico, where it appears 196.7× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Mela is most concentrated in New Mexico — about 196.7× the national rate in the 1920s.
States where Mela is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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