# Melia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/melia/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,321 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,321 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 244, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 146 | 1,517 |
| 2012 | 137 | 1,588 |
| 2013 | 117 | 1,758 |
| 2014 | 117 | 1,772 |
| 2015 | 128 | 1,673 |
| 2016 | 118 | 1,769 |
| 2017 | 106 | 1,914 |
| 2018 | 101 | 1,962 |
| 2019 | 95 | 2,027 |
| 2020 | 105 | 1,855 |
| 2021 | 102 | 1,939 |
| 2022 | 86 | 2,202 |
| 2023 | 117 | 1,757 |
| 2024 | 73 | 2,480 |
| 2025 | 70 | 2,527 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,636 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,521 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,887 |
| 2014 | 12 | 2,203 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 12 | 2,233 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,995 |
| 2018 | 24 | 1,343 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,940 |
| 2020 | 17 | 1,687 |
| 2021 | 15 | 1,866 |
| 2022 | 18 | 1,621 |
| 2023 | 18 | 1,640 |
| 2024 | 13 | 2,115 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

## People named Melia

- Melia Kreiling, British actress

## 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.