# Demelza (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/demelza/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “fort of melsa” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 50 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 50 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 232, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Cornish Dinmelsa ("fort of Melsa").

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 6 | 8,808 |
| 1979 | 6 | 9,273 |
| 2018 | 5 | 16,304 |
| 2019 | 6 | 14,252 |
| 2020 | 7 | 12,477 |
| 2021 | 7 | 12,526 |
| 2022 | 7 | 12,574 |
| 2025 | 6 | 13,637 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 13 | 2,120 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,995 |
| 2018 | 12 | 2,187 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1,782 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,846 |
| 2021 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2022 | 17 | 1,685 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,959 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3,318 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,605 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.