Melenda Popularity by Year
Follow Melenda across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Melenda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Girls | 5 | #10,912 | Down 501 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 5 | #10,411 | Down 2,233 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 7 | #8,178 | Down 1,482 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 9 | #6,696 | Up 3,054 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 5 | #9,750 | Down 466 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 5 | #9,284 | Down 3,704 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 9 | #5,580 | Up 978 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 7 | #6,558 | Down 1,422 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 10 | #5,136 | Up 2,335 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 5 | #7,471 | Down 1,225 places |
| 1968 | Girls | 6 | #6,246 | Up 558 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 5 | #6,804 | Down 226 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 5 | #6,578 | Down 188 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 5 | #6,390 | Down 1,500 places |
| 1958 | Girls | 7 | #4,890 | — |