Melba was the #11,932 girls' name in the US in 2025 (7 babies).
Melba as a girl’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#11,932 (7)
2024
#11,122 (8)
2022
#9,056 (11)
2020
#15,088 (5)
2017
#11,615 (8)
2016
#10,113 (10)
2014
#16,513 (5)
2013
#16,547 (5)
2009
#15,242 (6)
2008
#15,405 (6)
2004
#11,624 (8)
2002
#12,187 (7)
2001
#13,521 (6)
2000
#6,208 (17)
1999
#9,479 (9)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1932 at #207.
Rising over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1893.
How common is it?
about 1 in 250,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.