Feminine dossier · first seen 1964

Melaina

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Melaina
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 2004

Peak era

2004

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1964Peak 20042024

Peak year

2004

Decline from peak

88.5%

2024

All-time

1,188

Melaina is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 2004, when 78 girls were named Melaina.

In 2024, only 9 girls were given the name.

Down 88.5% from its peak.

All told, about 1,188 Americans have been named Melaina and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1964.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryGradual decline from 2004

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