Mela Popularity by Year
Follow Mela across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Mela birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Girls | 26 | #4,987 | Up 313 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 24 | #5,300 | Down 427 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 27 | #4,873 | Down 495 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 32 | #4,378 | Down 133 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 33 | #4,245 | Down 1,024 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 48 | #3,221 | Down 259 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 55 | #2,962 | Up 777 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 40 | #3,739 | Up 738 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 31 | #4,477 | Down 54 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 32 | #4,423 | Down 434 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 37 | #3,989 | Down 64 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 38 | #3,925 | Up 618 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 31 | #4,543 | Up 293 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 29 | #4,836 | Up 227 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 27 | #5,063 | Up 1,841 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 18 | #6,904 | Up 1,154 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 15 | #8,058 | Down 1,499 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 20 | #6,559 | Down 664 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 23 | #5,895 | Down 350 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 24 | #5,545 | Up 2,785 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 13 | #8,330 | Up 386 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 12 | #8,716 | Up 3,692 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 7 | #12,408 | Down 1,300 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 8 | #11,108 | Up 1,580 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 6 | #12,688 | Down 2,566 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 8 | #10,122 | Up 3,025 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 5 | #13,147 | Down 1,349 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 5 | #11,798 | Down 2,783 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 6 | #9,015 | Up 80 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 6 | #9,095 | Down 651 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 6 | #8,444 | Up 840 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 5 | #9,284 | Down 217 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 5 | #9,067 | Down 644 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 5 | #8,423 | Down 2,061 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 7 | #6,362 | Up 1,109 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 5 | #7,471 | Down 907 places |
| 1966 | Girls | 5 | #6,564 | Up 203 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 5 | #6,767 | Down 1,474 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 7 | #5,293 | Down 1,466 places |
| 1959 | Girls | 11 | #3,827 | Up 1,581 places |
| 1958 | Girls | 6 | #5,408 | Up 544 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 5 | #5,952 | Down 1,883 places |
| 1955 | Girls | 9 | #4,069 | Down 351 places |
| 1954 | Girls | 10 | #3,718 | Down 238 places |
| 1953 | Girls | 11 | #3,480 | Up 905 places |
| 1951 | Girls | 7 | #4,385 | Up 916 places |
| 1950 | Girls | 5 | #5,301 | Down 1,294 places |
| 1947 | Girls | 8 | #4,007 | Up 410 places |
| 1946 | Girls | 6 | #4,417 | Down 363 places |
| 1944 | Girls | 6 | #4,054 | Up 366 places |
| 1941 | Girls | 5 | #4,420 | Down 557 places |
| 1940 | Girls | 6 | #3,863 | Down 1,676 places |
| 1934 | Girls | 14 | #2,187 | Up 922 places |
| 1933 | Girls | 8 | #3,109 | Down 744 places |
| 1932 | Girls | 13 | #2,365 | Up 1,966 places |
| 1931 | Girls | 5 | #4,331 | Down 986 places |
| 1930 | Girls | 8 | #3,345 | Down 208 places |
| 1929 | Girls | 9 | #3,137 | Down 640 places |
| 1928 | Girls | 13 | #2,497 | Down 158 places |
| 1927 | Girls | 15 | #2,339 | Up 1,225 places |
| 1926 | Girls | 8 | #3,564 | Up 862 places |
| 1925 | Girls | 6 | #4,426 | Down 424 places |
| 1924 | Girls | 7 | #4,002 | Up 965 places |
| 1923 | Girls | 5 | #4,967 | Down 1,815 places |
| 1922 | Girls | 10 | #3,152 | Up 248 places |
| 1921 | Girls | 9 | #3,400 | Up 557 places |
| 1920 | Girls | 7 | #3,957 | Down 952 places |
| 1919 | Girls | 10 | #3,005 | Up 239 places |
| 1918 | Girls | 9 | #3,244 | Up 14 places |
| 1916 | Girls | 8 | #3,258 | Down 358 places |
| 1915 | Girls | 9 | #2,900 | Up 288 places |
| 1914 | Girls | 6 | #3,188 | Down 1,257 places |
| 1905 | Girls | 5 | #1,931 | — |