Melaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- meh-LAY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
Melaya is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Melaya come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps Mel- with Maya or Malaya
Is Melaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Melaya is a girls' name.
How popular is Melaya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Melaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Melaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
Names like Melaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah Kaliyah Zaliyah Alaya Amoura Malaya Jaliyah Zaya Zayla Kamiyah Aaliyah Aziyah
Names related to Melaya
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Melaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/melaya, updated 20 October 2026.