Melaina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- meh-LAY-nuh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Melaina is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “black, dark”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Melaina mean?
Greek: Greek melaina, feminine of melas 'black'
“black, dark”
Shares its Greek root, melas, with the name Melanie.
Is Melaina a girl's or a boy's name?
Melaina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Melaina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Melaina, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 78 girls. It first appears in the records in 1964.
Half of all the girls named Melaina in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Melaina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 30 | #4,631 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,643 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,112 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,061 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,607 |
| 2009 | 33 | #4,481 |
| 2008 | 44 | #3,644 |
| 2007 | 37 | #4,130 |
| 2006 | 63 | #2,778 |
| 2005 | 55 | #2,931 |
| 2004 | 78 | #2,237 |
| 2003 | 38 | #3,651 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 33 | #3,860 |
| 2000 | 33 | #3,803 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,571 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 30 | #3,627 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,665 |
| 1994 | 28 | #3,785 |
| 1993 | 28 | #3,771 |
| 1992 | 33 | #3,337 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,714 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,742 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,679 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,245 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
Names like Melaina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira Makayla Samira Melina Samara Aaliyah Alaina Ariana Amina Mikayla Khadija Ayla
Names related to Melaina
More Greek names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Melaina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/melaina, updated 20 October 2026.