first name
MELINA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 17,597 people named Melina, 53.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 34.1% as White and 4.2% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Melina peaked in 2009, when 681 babies got the name.
At least 19,926 babies have been given the name since 1883. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Melina by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,013. The largest share of babies named Melina, 39.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Melina is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Melina has been most common in Arizona (3.2×), Nevada (3.1×), and California (2.9×), and least common in Louisiana (0.15×).
16,401 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Melina
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Melina, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Melina ranks #82,600 of 156,621, with 246 people. See Melina as a last name
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