NameTides

Mela

Mela was the #4,987 girls' name in the US in 2025 (26 babies), and #2,605 in England & Wales.

Mela as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Mela as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Mela as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#4,987 (26)#2,605 (10)—
2024#5,300 (24)#2,575 (10)#3,383 (5)
2023#4,873 (27)#2,928 (8)—
2022#4,378 (32)#2,488 (10)#2,553 (7)
2021#4,245 (33)——
2020#3,221 (48)#5,493 (3)—
2019#2,962 (55)#3,541 (6)—
2018#3,739 (40)#4,684 (4)#3,286 (5)
2017#4,477 (31)——
2016#4,423 (32)——
2015#3,989 (37)#4,103 (5)—
2014#3,925 (38)#5,691 (3)—
2013#4,543 (31)#3,536 (6)—
2012#4,836 (29)——
2011#5,063 (27)—#2,618 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #2,962.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1905.

How common is it?

about 1 in 63,000 baby girls in the published US 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 63,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Mela is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 71,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 62,000 to 1 in 82,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mela by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #3,285TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Mela (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MelaCanadaGirls—too few
MelaEngland & WalesGirls#2,60510
MelaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MelaUSGirls#4,98726