Feminine dossier · first seen 1893

Melba

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

Endangered Down 99.2% from peak

Peak era

1924

Peak rank proxy

998

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1893Peak 19242024

Peak year

1924

Decline from peak

99.2%

2024

All-time

34,866

Melba once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1924, when 998 girls were named Melba.

In 2024, only 8 girls were given the name.

Down 99.2% from its peak.

All told, about 34,866 Americans have been named Melba and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1893.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.2% from peak

In 1924:998 girls named Melba

In 2024:8 girls named Melba

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