NameTides

Melia

Melia was the #2,514 girls' name in the US in 2025 (70 babies), and #3,705 in England & Wales and #1,001 in Canada.

Melia as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Melia 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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Melia 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.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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#2,514 (70)#3,705 (6)#1,001 (27)
2024#2,462 (73)#2,116 (13)#1,053 (25)
2023#1,750 (117)#1,640 (18)#848 (32)
2022#2,193 (86)#1,621 (18)#837 (32)
2021#1,926 (102)#1,866 (15)#725 (40)
2020#1,849 (105)#1,687 (17)#880 (31)
2019#2,011 (95)#1,940 (14)#826 (34)
2018#1,953 (101)#1,343 (24)#677 (43)
2017#1,902 (106)#1,995 (14)#881 (31)
2016#1,757 (118)#2,233 (12)#717 (41)
2015#1,667 (128)#3,615 (6)#640 (46)
2014#1,768 (117)#2,203 (12)#602 (51)
2013#1,754 (117)#2,887 (8)#581 (51)
2012#1,583 (137)#2,521 (10)#435 (73)
2011#1,515 (146)#2,636 (9)#431 (75)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2006 at #1,212.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1890.

How common is it?

about 1 in 23,000 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 23,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 42,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Melia is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 24,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 16,000 to 1 in 35,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Melia 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: #1,830NYMassachusetts: 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: #1,948CAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: #2,151FL
Melia (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#46610
Ontario2024#1,2848

Melia (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MeliaCanadaGirls#1,00127
MeliaEngland & WalesGirls#3,7056
MeliaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MeliaUSGirls#2,51470