Melia Girl
How popular is Melia?
#2,514 girl name in 2025
70 baby girls were named Melia in the US in 2025, making it the 2514th most popular girl name.
Melia popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,514 for girls (▼ 52 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 70 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-45% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,667 in 2015, #1,849 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2006 (198 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,006 in 1890 |
| First recorded | 1890 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Melia counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Melia family of names ranked #1,654 for girls in 2025 (#1,687 the year before), with 92 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Melia | 70 | 76% |
| Meliah | 22 | 24% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Melia is most popular
Babies named Melia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 0.5 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (37 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (68 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Michigan: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 girls)
Melia by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 13 | #1,006 |
| 1900s | 6 | #1,820 |
| 1910s | 51 | #1,956 |
| 1920s | 39 | #2,956 |
| 1930s | 22 | #3,566 |
| 1940s | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1950s | 189 | #1,578 |
| 1960s | 217 | #2,171 |
| 1970s | 341 | #2,133 |
| 1980s | 448 | #1,887 |
| 1990s | 610 | #1,890 |
| 2000s | 1,595 | #1,212 |
| 2010s | 1,231 | #1,388 |
| 2020s | 553 | #1,750 |
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Questions
- Is Melia a boy or girl name?
- Melia is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Melia were girls.
- How popular is the name Melia?
- 70 baby girls were named Melia in the US in 2025, making it the 2514th most popular girl name.
- When was Melia most popular?
- Melia peaked in 2006, when 198 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,006 in 1890.
- How many people are named Melia?
- 5,321 babies have been named Melia in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,078 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is Melia most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Melia was most common in Hawaii, at 0.5 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.