Melda

Popularity Trends

The name Melda is the #6,258 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,487 recorded births since 1887. This represents the 19.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,256 (25.5% percentile) for all time with 1,487 births since 1887.

Melda first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1887 (first recorded for girls in 1887). Birth data for Melda is available in 80 out of the 89 years between 1887 and 1975. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Melda reached its peak popularity in 1928, achieving the 6.4% percentile (ranked #567) with 37 births per million. The name was most common in 1900, with 44 births per million (ranked 2.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1975.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Melda".

1887 1975 18871975

Key Statistics

Total Births

1,487

Peak Births

Peak Year

1928

First Recorded

1887

Peak Percentile

6.4%

Current Percentile

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Peak Rank

#567

Current Rank

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Female statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Melda", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Melda.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Melda's popularity from 1884 to 1978 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Melda at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Melda range from Myrtis at 87.8% correlation to Jewell at 86.4% correlation, with an average correlation level of 86.9%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Harold with 553.8K births (100% boys) and the least popular is Almeta with 2.2K births (100% girls).

Melda's share of births peaked at 44.1 births per million for girls in 1928. It reached its lowest point of 3.4 births per million (8% of peak) in 1966. In 1975, the most recent period with data, the name Melda had 3.8 births per million, 9% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Myrtis

6,126

87.81% (very strong)

Harold

553.8k

87.51% (very strong)

Velma

87.2k

87.49% (very strong)

Hilton

6,947

87.11% (very strong)

Palma

3,569

86.89% (very strong)

Cecil

114.4k

86.80% (very strong)

Merle

45.3k

86.74% (very strong)

Almeta

2,241

86.71% (very strong)

Johnnie

151.1k

86.65% (very strong)

Hubert

57.7k

86.50% (very strong)

Laurine

2,526

86.46% (very strong)

Jewell

34.1k

86.44% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Melda

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Melda. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Melda is pronounced as MEHL-duh, which has 2 syllables.

MEHL-duh

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MEHL-duh (2 syllables)

100.0% confidence

M EH1 L D AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like M EH1 L D AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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