Baby name

Melda

Girl

Classic name

1925 was its best year: 44 births, or 1 baby in 53,028. A lasting presence, with births recorded in 80 years out of 146. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published.

1,487births since 1880

1920sgeneration

No. 1160rank at its peak, in 1925

Where babies named Melda are born

1925

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One letter apart

Melba 34,873
Nelda 20,139
Zelda 16,734
Melva 14,155
Elda 8,970
Velda 7,559

Names from the same era

Ardelle · Burnice · Merlyn · Blanchie · Concha · Clementina

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