Melora
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- meh-LOR-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Melora is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
Where does Melora come from?
Modern: modern coinage of unclear origin
Is Melora a girl's or a boy's name?
Melora 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 Melora 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 Melora, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1972, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1956.
Half of all the girls named Melora in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Melora in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,679 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,309 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 12 | #3,999 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,197 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,201 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 13 | #3,634 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,792 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,687 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,924 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
Names like Melora
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marisol Xaria Ximena Maria Solana Lucia Xiomara Alora Melissa Marissa Serena Sophia
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Melora: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/melora, updated 20 October 2026.