Melba is a girl's name of English origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 8 girls in the United States.
Melba belongs to the English & American tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Melba first appears in Social Security records in 1893. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #202 in 1924, and in 2024 8 babies received the name — 34,866 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Melba is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its English origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Melba is a girl name. In 2024, 8 babies received the name in the US.
Melba comes from the English & American tradition.
Melba first appears in US records in 1893. Its best-ever ranking was #202 in 1924, and 8 babies were given the name in 2024.
This profile is built from the US Social Security Administration's public baby-names data — see the source. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check. If you spot an error, write to [email protected].
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