How Many People Are Named Melia?

5,062

people named Melia are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 67,519 people in the US has this name

Based on 5,321 babies named Melia in Social Security records from 1890 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#3,692

πŸ’ŽπŸ’Ž Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#2,075

See the top 100

Peak Year

2006

198 births

Trend

β†’

Stable (last 10 years)

πŸ“– Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Greek Mythology
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Means "ash tree" in Greek, a derivative of μΡλι (meli) "honey". This was the name of a nymph in Greek myth, the daughter of the Greek god Okeanos.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Melia in the records were girls.

πŸ‘₯ Age Distribution

The average person named Melia alive today is about 24 years old, and 72% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 32 in 2025.

Under 30 3,635
71.8%
30 to 59 1,151
22.7%
60 and over 276
5.5%

πŸ“ˆ Popularity Over Time

Melia first appears in the records in 1890 and was given most often in 2006, to 198 babies. In 2025, 70 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1890 to 2025

πŸ† Rank History

Melia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,066, in 1890. In 2025 it ranked #2,527.

Girls
Rank in 2025#2,527
Best rank#1,066 (1890)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,364 in the 2000s

πŸ“ State-Wise Distribution

People named Melia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Melia were born in California than in any other state: about 807 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Melia was given 23.5 times as often in Hawaii, 2.8 times in Washington and 2.5 times in California.

California 807
Texas 163
Florida 155
New York 147
Washington 127
Hawaii 122
Ohio 103
North Carolina 94
Georgia 81
Pennsylvania 75
Illinois 49
Michigan 48
Colorado 38
Arizona 29
Utah 28
New Jersey 27
Indiana 23
Oregon 23
Missouri 21
Minnesota 18
Iowa 15
Maryland 11
Tennessee 11
Virginia 10
Louisiana 10
Alabama 6
Wisconsin 6
South Carolina 5
Kentucky 5
Kansas 5

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