Melba
Girl · MEL-ba · English
Melba is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Melba mean?
English: from the stage name of Nellie Melba, taken from Melbourne
Australian soprano Dame Nellie Melba took the name from Melbourne; peach Melba and Melba toast honour her.
- Say it
- MEL-ba
Is Melba a girl's or a boy's name?
Melba is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Melba in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Melba, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1924, with 998 girls. It first appears in the records in 1893.
Half of all the girls named Melba in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1945, the years shaded on the chart below.
Melba in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,225 |
| 1989 | 22 | #4,242 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,888 |
| 1987 | 35 | #2,778 |
| 1986 | 28 | #3,201 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,280 |
| 1984 | 28 | #3,068 |
| 1983 | 36 | #2,515 |
| 1982 | 35 | #2,645 |
| 1981 | 40 | #2,409 |
| 1980 | 46 | #2,189 |
| 1979 | 47 | #2,112 |
| 1978 | 61 | #1,707 |
| 1977 | 51 | #1,922 |
| 1976 | 64 | #1,568 |
| 1975 | 69 | #1,481 |
| 1974 | 65 | #1,499 |
| 1973 | 85 | #1,231 |
| 1972 | 113 | #1,030 |
| 1971 | 87 | #1,266 |
| 1970 | 94 | #1,201 |
| 1969 | 77 | #1,276 |
| 1968 | 81 | #1,210 |
| 1967 | 105 | #997 |
| 1966 | 125 | #900 |
| 1965 | 144 | #829 |
| 1964 | 142 | #869 |
| 1963 | 183 | #760 |
| 1962 | 188 | #759 |
| 1961 | 238 | #669 |
| 1960 | 255 | #633 |
| 1959 | 265 | #612 |
| 1958 | 294 | #575 |
| 1957 | 388 | #484 |
| 1956 | 358 | #494 |
| 1955 | 404 | #445 |
| 1954 | 439 | #411 |
| 1953 | 460 | #394 |
| 1952 | 368 | #447 |
| 1951 | 423 | #398 |
| 1950 | 393 | #402 |
| 1949 | 427 | #378 |
| 1948 | 454 | #370 |
| 1947 | 523 | #349 |
| 1946 | 529 | #325 |
| 1945 | 502 | #306 |
| 1944 | 565 | #287 |
| 1943 | 597 | #284 |
| 1942 | 648 | #273 |
| 1941 | 715 | #242 |
| 1940 | 731 | #232 |
| 1939 | 781 | #213 |
| 1938 | 850 | #205 |
| 1937 | 789 | #212 |
| 1936 | 721 | #225 |
| 1935 | 758 | #225 |
| 1934 | 771 | #223 |
| 1933 | 776 | #217 |
| 1932 | 873 | #207 |
| 1931 | 770 | #217 |
| 1930 | 862 | #210 |
| 1929 | 817 | #217 |
| 1928 | 868 | #214 |
| 1927 | 892 | #213 |
| 1926 | 918 | #208 |
| 1925 | 938 | #210 |
| 1924 | 998 | #202 |
| 1923 | 922 | #211 |
| 1922 | 929 | #208 |
| 1921 | 910 | #210 |
| 1920 | 907 | #210 |
| 1919 | 791 | #221 |
| 1918 | 822 | #219 |
| 1917 | 701 | #234 |
| 1916 | 581 | #251 |
| 1915 | 493 | #264 |
| 1914 | 352 | #278 |
| 1913 | 274 | #285 |
| 1912 | 218 | #311 |
| 1911 | 146 | #328 |
| 1910 | 160 | #305 |
| 1909 | 123 | #323 |
| 1908 | 106 | #345 |
| 1907 | 113 | #324 |
| 1906 | 98 | #337 |
| 1905 | 102 | #334 |
| 1904 | 61 | #412 |
| 1903 | 45 | #478 |
| 1902 | 35 | #545 |
| 1901 | 36 | #509 |
| 1900 | 44 | #509 |
| 1899 | 46 | #430 |
| 1898 | 60 | #396 |
| 1897 | 36 | #477 |
| 1896 | 33 | #514 |
| 1895 | 19 | #725 |
| 1894 | 15 | #782 |
| 1893 | 7 | #1,175 |
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