Melba
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Melba
Australian opera singer Nellie Melba—self-named for her hometown of Melbourne—inspired this now-dated name more associated today with a peach dessert and dietetic toast.
Melba is also given to boys.
Pronounced MEL-buh.
As of October 2026, Melba ranked #3043 in US births in 1941 SSA, peaked at #3014 in 1931.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
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Melba on lists
Famous Melbas
- Melba MooreGirl
stage name of Beatrice Melba Hill, American singer and actress
- Melba MontgomeryGirl
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- Melba Doretta ListonGirl
American jazz trombonist
- Melba Newell PhillipsGirl
American physicist
- Melba Pattillo BealsGirl
American civil rights activist, who integrated the all,white Central High School as part of the "Little Rock Nine"
- Melba Padilla MaggayGirl
Filipina author and anthropologist
- Melba Roy MoutonGirl
American mathematician for NASA
- Nellie MelbaGirl
stage name of Helen Porter Mitchell, Australian operatic soprano
Melba in pop culture
- MelbaGirl
popular singer who marries Malcolm in James Purdy's novel "Malcolm" (1959)
- MelbaGirl
koala character in video game series "Animal Crossing"
- MelbaGirl
monster on Japanese TV series "Ultraman Tiga"
- Melba ToastGirl
cracker named after Nellie Melba
- Peach MelbaGirl
dessert named after Nellie Melba