NameTides

Mealla

Mealla was the #483 girls' name in Ireland in 2025 (7 babies).

Mealla as a girl’s name

  • US
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Mealla as a girl’s name, US, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020Ireland
Mealla as a girl’s name, US, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSNorthern IrelandIreland
2025——#483 (7)
2024——#631 (5)
2023#12,197 (7)—#555 (6)
2022#13,592 (6)—#747 (4)
2021#15,251 (5)#446 (3)#464 (8)
2020#13,453 (6)—#834 (3)
2019——#716 (4)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in Ireland in 2025 at #483.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in Ireland in 2019.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,000 baby girls in the published Ireland list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Mealla is likely to keep falling in Ireland in 2026: about 1 in 3,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,900 to 1 in 6,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.