Meaning and history
This name comes from the surname of the Australian opera singer Nellie Melba (1861–1931), a stage name derived from Melbourne, the city where she was born.
20062006: no US SSA record for this spelling
2007: no US SSA record for this spelling
2008: 6 births, rank #15,405
2009: 6 births, rank #15,242
2010: no US SSA record for this spelling
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2012: no US SSA record for this spelling
2013: 5 births, rank #16,547
2014: 5 births, rank #16,513
2015: no US SSA record for this spelling
20162016: 10 births, rank #10,113
2017: 8 births, rank #11,615
2018: no US SSA record for this spelling
2019: no US SSA record for this spelling
2020: 5 births, rank #15,088
20212021: no US SSA record for this spelling
2022: 11 births, rank #9,056
2023: no US SSA record for this spelling
2024: 8 births, rank #11,122
20252025: 7 births, rank #11,932
Melba moved from #904 to #1000 for girls between 1966 and 1967. Its highest annual birth count came in 1924, with 998 births.