Melba Popularity by Year
Follow Melba across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Melba 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 | 7 | #11,932 | Down 810 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 8 | #11,122 | Down 2,066 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 11 | #9,056 | Up 6,032 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 5 | #15,088 | Down 3,473 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 8 | #11,615 | Down 1,502 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 10 | #10,113 | Up 6,400 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 5 | #16,513 | Up 34 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 5 | #16,547 | Down 1,305 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 6 | #15,242 | Up 163 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 6 | #15,405 | Down 3,781 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 8 | #11,624 | Up 563 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 7 | #12,187 | Up 1,334 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 6 | #13,521 | Down 7,313 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 17 | #6,208 | Up 3,271 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 9 | #9,479 | Down 219 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 9 | #9,260 | Up 542 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 8 | #9,802 | Down 990 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 9 | #8,812 | Down 733 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 10 | #8,079 | Down 2,366 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 16 | #5,713 | Up 2,339 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 10 | #8,052 | Down 2,568 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 17 | #5,484 | Down 303 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 18 | #5,181 | Down 951 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 23 | #4,230 | Up 18 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 22 | #4,248 | Down 355 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 23 | #3,893 | Down 1,113 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 35 | #2,780 | Up 423 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 28 | #3,203 | Up 1,079 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 18 | #4,282 | Down 1,213 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 28 | #3,069 | Down 553 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 36 | #2,516 | Up 129 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 35 | #2,645 | Down 236 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 40 | #2,409 | Down 220 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 46 | #2,189 | Down 77 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 47 | #2,112 | Down 405 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 61 | #1,707 | Up 215 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 51 | #1,922 | Down 354 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 64 | #1,568 | Down 87 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 69 | #1,481 | Up 18 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 65 | #1,499 | Down 268 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 85 | #1,231 | Down 201 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 113 | #1,030 | Up 236 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 87 | #1,266 | Down 65 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 94 | #1,201 | Up 75 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 77 | #1,276 | Down 66 places |
| 1968 | Girls | 81 | #1,210 | Down 213 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 105 | #997 | Down 97 places |
| 1966 | Girls | 125 | #900 | Down 71 places |
| 1965 | Girls | 144 | #829 | Up 40 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 142 | #869 | Down 109 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 183 | #760 | Down 1 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 188 | #759 | Down 90 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 238 | #669 | Down 36 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 255 | #633 | Down 21 places |
| 1959 | Girls | 265 | #612 | Down 37 places |
| 1958 | Girls | 294 | #575 | Down 91 places |
| 1957 | Girls | 388 | #484 | Up 11 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 358 | #495 | Down 49 places |
| 1955 | Girls | 404 | #446 | Down 34 places |
| 1954 | Girls | 439 | #412 | Down 17 places |
| 1953 | Girls | 460 | #395 | Up 53 places |
| 1952 | Girls | 368 | #448 | Down 49 places |
| 1951 | Girls | 423 | #399 | Up 4 places |
| 1950 | Girls | 393 | #403 | Down 24 places |
| 1949 | Girls | 427 | #379 | Down 9 places |
| 1948 | Girls | 454 | #370 | Down 21 places |
| 1947 | Girls | 523 | #349 | Down 24 places |
| 1946 | Girls | 529 | #325 | Down 19 places |
| 1945 | Girls | 502 | #306 | Down 19 places |
| 1944 | Girls | 565 | #287 | Down 3 places |
| 1943 | Girls | 597 | #284 | Down 11 places |
| 1942 | Girls | 648 | #273 | Down 31 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 7 | #2,872 | Down 18 places |
| 1941 | Girls | 715 | #242 | Down 10 places |
| 1940 | Girls | 731 | #232 | Down 19 places |
| 1939 | Girls | 781 | #213 | Down 8 places |
| 1938 | Girls | 850 | #205 | Up 7 places |
| 1937 | Girls | 789 | #212 | Up 13 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 7 | #2,854 | Up 788 places |
| 1936 | Girls | 721 | #225 | No rank change |
| 1935 | Girls | 758 | #225 | Down 2 places |
| 1934 | Girls | 771 | #223 | Down 6 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 5 | #3,642 | Down 778 places |
| 1933 | Girls | 776 | #217 | Down 10 places |
| 1932 | Girls | 873 | #207 | Up 10 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 8 | #2,864 | Up 1,095 places |
| 1931 | Girls | 770 | #217 | Down 7 places |
| 1930 | Girls | 862 | #210 | Up 7 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 5 | #3,959 | Down 179 places |
| 1929 | Girls | 817 | #217 | Down 3 places |
| 1928 | Girls | 868 | #214 | Down 1 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 6 | #3,780 | Up 567 places |
| 1927 | Girls | 892 | #213 | Down 5 places |
| 1926 | Girls | 918 | #208 | Up 2 places |
| 1925 | Girls | 938 | #210 | Down 8 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 5 | #4,347 | Down 1,361 places |
| 1924 | Girls | 998 | #202 | Up 9 places |
| 1923 | Girls | 922 | #211 | Down 3 places |
| 1922 | Girls | 929 | #208 | Up 2 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 9 | #2,986 | — |
| 1921 | Girls | 910 | #210 | No rank change |
| 1920 | Girls | 907 | #210 | Up 11 places |
| 1919 | Girls | 791 | #221 | Down 2 places |
| 1918 | Girls | 822 | #219 | Up 15 places |
| 1917 | Girls | 701 | #234 | Up 17 places |
| 1916 | Girls | 581 | #251 | Up 13 places |
| 1915 | Girls | 493 | #264 | Up 14 places |
| 1914 | Girls | 352 | #278 | Up 7 places |
| 1913 | Girls | 274 | #285 | Up 26 places |
| 1912 | Girls | 218 | #311 | Up 17 places |
| 1911 | Girls | 146 | #328 | Down 23 places |
| 1910 | Girls | 160 | #305 | Up 18 places |
| 1909 | Girls | 123 | #323 | Up 22 places |
| 1908 | Girls | 106 | #345 | Down 21 places |
| 1907 | Girls | 113 | #324 | Up 13 places |
| 1906 | Girls | 98 | #337 | Down 3 places |
| 1905 | Girls | 102 | #334 | Up 78 places |
| 1904 | Girls | 61 | #412 | Up 66 places |
| 1903 | Girls | 45 | #478 | Up 67 places |
| 1902 | Girls | 35 | #545 | Down 36 places |
| 1901 | Girls | 36 | #509 | No rank change |
| 1900 | Girls | 44 | #509 | Down 79 places |
| 1899 | Girls | 46 | #430 | Down 34 places |
| 1898 | Girls | 60 | #396 | Up 81 places |
| 1897 | Girls | 36 | #477 | Up 37 places |
| 1896 | Girls | 33 | #514 | Up 211 places |
| 1895 | Girls | 19 | #725 | Up 57 places |
| 1894 | Girls | 15 | #782 | Up 393 places |
| 1893 | Girls | 7 | #1,175 | — |