Is Mela a boy or girl name?

Mela is a girl’s name. Of the 1,015 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Mela

Recorded 1905–2025 · United States

Mela was most popular in 2019, when 55 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,233 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,652, with 26 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,015 people named Mela.

Mela over time

Births per year. The dot marks Mela’s peak in 2019. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Mela a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Mela is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,015 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Mela

Where Mela is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

New Mexico 127.3×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org