Girl
Melba
Melba is a girl's name, a solidly familiar choice, that was at its most popular in the 1920s and is rarely chosen now.
EtymologyPossibly coined after opera singer Dame Nellie Melba
EtymologyIn turn named for Melbourne, Australia
Births by decade
1900s
763
1910s
4,538
1920s
9,124
1930s
7,971
1940s
5,697
1950s
3,792
1960s
1,537
1970s
736
1980s
311
1990s
129
2000s
50
2010s
28
Peaked in the 1920s · 34,676 total U.S. births since 1900