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Meliza

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Meliza is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
199749 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1967
1,048people given the name
Babies named Meliza, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,048 girls have been named Meliza in the United States since 1967, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1997, with 49 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 49 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1997, and the 1990s alone account for 31%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Meliza
1960s24
1970s127
1980s136
1990s323
2000s323
2010s100
2020s15

In 1997, its biggest year

Meliza was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1997 were Emily, Jessica, Ashley, Sarah and Hannah. See all of 1997.

Names that rose and fell with Meliza

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.