NameTides

Melina

Melina was the #660 girls' name in the US in 2025 (434 babies), and #719 in England & Wales and #549 in Canada.

Melina as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Melina as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & WalesScotlandIreland
Melina as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#660 (434)#719 (51)#780 (3)#885 (3)#549 (55)
2024#630 (469)#696 (54)——#544 (55)
2023#656 (448)#677 (53)——#423 (69)
2022#641 (460)#655 (57)——#401 (75)
2021#632 (468)#936 (37)——#454 (67)
2020#648 (445)#710 (52)——#377 (84)
2019#619 (486)#1,095 (31)#560 (5)—#404 (80)
2018#633 (471)#936 (39)—#896 (3)#364 (90)
2017#617 (486)#933 (40)#808 (3)—#350 (94)
2016#612 (490)#975 (37)——#362 (96)
2015#594 (502)#1,057 (33)#806 (3)—#350 (97)
2014#594 (496)#1,562 (19)—#876 (3)#331 (100)
2013#589 (482)#1,018 (35)——#386 (84)
2012#644 (440)#1,483 (21)—#907 (3)#312 (104)
2011#579 (500)#1,067 (32)——#215 (150)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2009 at #456.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1883.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,700 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 3,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Melina is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,500 to 1 in 3,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Melina by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: #619ILMichigan: #863MINew York: #585NYMassachusetts: #284MAOregon: #548ORNevada: #374NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #492IAIndiana: #651INOhio: #878OHPennsylvania: #615PANew Jersey: #499NJConnecticut: #540CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #413CAUtah: #440UTColorado: #703CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #640MOKentucky: #744KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #704VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #388AZNew Mexico: #296NMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #748TNNorth Carolina: #834NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #819ALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #674TXFlorida: #674FL
Melina (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#31117
Ontario2024#50625

Melina (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
MelinaCanadaGirls#54955
MelinaEngland & WalesGirls#71951
MelinaIrelandGirls#8853
MelinaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MelinaScotlandGirls#7803
MelinaUSGirls#660434