How Many People Are Named Melida?
An estimated 563 people in the United States have the first name Melida. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 41 years old, and Melida peaked in popularity in 1976 with 15 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Melida as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Melida paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
563
About 1 in 608,800 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
41
years old
Peak Year
1976
15 births
Total Registered
678
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Melida
Melida is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 678 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Melida as a female name
Ranked #9,979 in 2024
10 female births in 2024
Peak: 1976 (15 births)
Melida: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Melida span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1970s, when 90 babies were registered. While Melida is less common than at its peak in the 1970s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Melida by Decade
How has Melida tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Melida by State
Melida + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Melida as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Melida
Other first names starting with M with a similar number of bearers.
Melida: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Melida?
We estimate approximately 563 people named Melida are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 608,800 Americans share this first name.
Is Melida a common name?
Melida is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 85.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 678 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Melida most popular?
Melida reached peak popularity in 1976, when 15 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Melida is approximately 41 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Melida a female name?
Melida is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Melida Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Melida Smith, Melida Johnson, Melida Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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