Melia
Melia is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 73 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 730.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 2006198 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1890
- 5,251people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,251 girls have been named Melia in the United States since 1890, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2006, with 198 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2004, and the 2000s alone account for 30%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Melia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 13 | |
| 1900s | 6 | |
| 1910s | 51 | |
| 1920s | 39 | |
| 1930s | 22 | |
| 1940s | 6 | |
| 1950s | 189 | |
| 1960s | 217 | |
| 1970s | 341 | |
| 1980s | 448 | |
| 1990s | 610 | |
| 2000s | 1,595 | |
| 2010s | 1,231 | |
| 2020s | 483 |
In 2006, its biggest year
Melia was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2006 were Emily, Emma, Madison, Isabella and Ava. See all of 2006.
Names that rose and fell with Melia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Maleapeak 2009
- Majapeak 2009
- Riapeak 2005
- Anjapeak 2006
- Melinapeak 2009
- Fatimapeak 2006
- Anipeak 2007
- Alanapeak 2007
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.